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THBCharming Roman Pottery Oil Lamp Cupid / Eros
Lot 20
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2020-11-05 10:00:00
2020-11-05 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Rome, Imperial, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A charming mold-formed pottery oil lamp featuring a circular base that rises to rounded walls, a concave central relief tondo, a petite fill hole, and a wide wick spout flanked by laterally protruding points. The deep tondo exhibits a high relief rendering of Cupid (or Eros in Greek), the Roman embodiment of passion and desire, standing in contrapposto on a plinth as he leans on an object behind him. The mischievous deity presents as an idle child with wings outstretched behind his ample figure as he holds out a hooked toy to bat at the fill hole, which acts as a ball, his youthful visage crowned by luscious curls of hair as he stares at the ground. A superb example from imperial Rome! Size: 4.25" L (with spout) x 3" in diameter x 1.25" H (10.8 cm x 7.6 cm x 3.2 cm)
Cupid (Eros) was the mischievous yet endearing god of love, a minion, constant companion, and according to some classical writers, a son of the goddess Venus (Aphrodite). In the Roman period, Cupid had become a child (to the earlier Greeks, he was a muscular youth).
Provenance: ex Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA acquired before 2000
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#158877Minor nicks/chips and char marks commensurate with age and use. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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