COLLECTION OF ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS

Ca. AD 200 - 600. A collection of 10 terracotta oil lamps, including, from top left: a circular lamp with dotted shoulder ornament; two related lamps with long nozzles and moulded circular borders; a pale lamp with a raised lug and radiating shoulder decoration; a round lamp with concentric rings and a short nozzle; a circular lamp with the recessed discus decorated with an amphora; a lamp with a broad shoulder divided by radiating ribs and a voluted nozzle; a rounded example with a raised lug and plain concentric bands; a dark lamp with a central filling hole framed by scrolling vegetal ornament and a voluted nozzle; and a lamp with an elongated nozzle and concentric decoration. Size: 70-110mm x 55-70mm; Weight: 800g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a long-standing private family collection assembled between the 1960s and 2000.