Terrakotta oil lamp
With red slip, seven round nozzles and a handle in the form of a vulva, the central discus with a band of lines, moulded with a lovemaking scene, to the right a seated male, leaning back, his weight resting on his left hand, the woman straddling him, leaning forwards with her knees bent. Mediterranean lamp with iconography copied from Italian originals (Multin-nozzled Eastern Mediterranean lamp with iconography copied from Italian originals (cf. Bailey Q1401 et 1406))
Period
Roman period, 2nd century A.D.
Dimension
Diam.
12.1 cm (4 49⁄64 in)
Collection Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000), Paris
Private collection S. N., Switzerland,acquired from the above in 1976
