Terracotta oil lamp

The red slip lamp with voluted nozzle, the discus framed by three raised concentric rings, molded with a laureated imperial portrait head to the right, possibly showing Augustus

Period
Roman period, Augustan, 1st century A.D.
 

Length 9.8 cm

Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1977
Daguerre, ventes aux enchères publiques, 13 mai 2015

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