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THBRoman Bronze Three-Nozzle Oil Lamp w/ Chain
Lot 50
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 11, 2019
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2019-07-11 10:00:00
2019-07-11 10:00:00
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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful bronze oil lamp cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process and designed so that it could hang from the original chains attached to three pierced suspension tabs - one above each of the three nozzles - or sit on its flared foot. The scallop shell/spade-shaped nozzles are equidistantly placed around a central boss with concentric circles surrounding the protruding fill hole. Three chains rise from loops attached to the suspension tabs and meet at a central suspension loop. On top, around the lamp's outer perimeter is a raised decorative edge. A lamp like this, made of bronze and with multiple nozzles which burned more fuel, was costly and likely served as a status symbol for a wealthy family. Size: 7.5" W x 12.875" H (19 cm x 32.7 cm).
Some scholars have noted that bronze lamps, with their increased cost over pottery lamps, were most likely a type of heirloom, and were reserved for the richest households. Scholars believe that such bronze lamps remained in a family for at least three generations as they were coveted costly luxuries. Although metal lamps had a longer lifespan than lamps made of other materials, they were often melted down and reworked into other pieces. So having a complete example like this is rare.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-William Froelich collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s
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#137158Repair to small exterior area of one nozzle, minor abrasions to lamp and foot, with slight bending to some chain links and suspension tabs, small nicks to top of lamp, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits as well as fabulous green and brown patina throughout.Condition
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