Terrakotta oil lamp
With red slip, an anvil-shaped spout flanked by small volutes, the central discus with raised concentric rings, moulded with a lovemaking scene, to the left a man reclines on a bed, his raised hands resting over his head, his legs extended horizontally, a woman, wearing armlets, crouching atop him in the mulier equitans position, her right hand resting on her hip, her left lowered to guide him (Central Italian lamp (Loeschcke type Ia), 10-40 AD. Unique)
Period
Roman period, 1st-2nd century A.D.
Dimension
W.
12 cm (4 23⁄32 in)
Collection Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000), Paris
Private collection S. N., Switzerland,acquired from the above in 1976
