Inv. n°: MMoCA671

Roman Bronze Anthropomorphic Oil Lamp

Depicting an ithyphallic slave crouching his phallus in front of him and forming the lamp bowl. Clothed in a loincloth and blowing towards the spout, cover now missing, the hinge extended by a leaf on his back, integral base chiselled with a frieze of scrolls.

w. 9 cm

c. 1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Collection Mariaud de Serres, France, acquired before 2000, accompanied by a French passport
  • Acquired at Christies Paris, Collection Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, 17th February 2011, lot 381

Publications

  • Christie's Paris, Collection Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, France, 16-17 February 2011, lot 381
  • J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 1st January 2011, p. 140, fig. 34

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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