Roman Oil Lamp with Triangular Motif
4th-5th century AD. A plaster mould-made terracotta lamp with solid handle, roughly oval-shaped body, rounded shoulder with concentric grooves and ridges framing the discus, two filling-holes of equal size right and left of discus image, decorated with a triangular pattern; double basal ring, decorated with an impressed triple branch pattern within facing foliage volutes. See similar specimen in Bailey, D.M., A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum III, London, 1988, no.Q1734bis, pl.158. 157 grams, 12.2cm (5"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; previously in a German collection collection formed since 1970. The African workshops of the Roman Empire which had been producing African red slipware tableware since the Flavian era, began to produce lamps from the 4th century AD, which remained widespread until the 6th century. The type offered for sale here corresponds to the category of Hayes 1 classification, and was probably produced in Skhira, south west of Sfax, where several examples of similar shape have been found.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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4th-5th century AD. A plaster mould-made terracotta lamp with solid handle, roughly oval-shaped body, rounded shoulder with concentric grooves and ridges framing the discus, two filling-holes of equal size right and left of discus image, decorated with a triangular pattern; double basal ring, decorated with an impressed triple branch pattern within facing foliage volutes. See similar specimen in Bailey, D.M., A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum III, London, 1988, no.Q1734bis, pl.158. 157 grams, 12.2cm (5"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; previously in a German collection collection formed since 1970. The African workshops of the Roman Empire which had been producing African red slipware tableware since the Flavian era, began to produce lamps from the 4th century AD, which remained widespread until the 6th century. The type offered for sale here corresponds to the category of Hayes 1 classification, and was probably produced in Skhira, south west of Sfax, where several examples of similar shape have been found.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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