Inv. n°: MMoCA314

Roman Bronze Oil Lamp

Handle in the form of the head and neck of a griffin; with original lid.

h. 12.4 x w. 19.7 cm

c. 3rd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex English collection, England
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Sotheby's London Sale, London, 18th May 1987, lot 182 (no photo in the catalog)
  • Acquired by K.F. collection, Garden City, Michigan, 1987
  • Consigned by K.F. collection to Royal-Athena Galleries, Garden City, Michigan, 2007
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009

Publications

  • Sotheby's London Sale, 18th May 1987, lot 182
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 38, fig. 76
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 105
  • C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 71, fig. 76 and 94
  • J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 139, fig. 30
  • "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?", Mougins Infos, Summer 2022, no. 84, p. 21

Exhibitions

  • George Mason University, Fairfax (Virginie), USA, 2003 — 2007
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

N.B. Our online collection is being continually updated thanks to ongoing research and documentation efforts carried out by the MACM documentation team. Any additional information is welcome, please contact us.

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