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TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH AN EROTIC SCENE
See original version (French)
90
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TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH AN EROTIC SCENE
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH AN EROTIC SCENE
Roman art, circa the 2nd century AD
An oil lamp whose tondo is decorated with an erotic scene involving three men and a woman.
Length: 11.6 cm
Provenance: Nancy Mallen, London, 1972
Haddad Collection
from the sale, Christie’s, The Haddad Collection of Ancient Erotic Art, Part II, New York, 8 June 2004: lot 141 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA731)
Bibliography: Christie’s, The Haddad Collection of Ancient Erotic Art, Part II, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 140
A Roman pottery oil lamp depicting an erotic scene,
Circa 2nd century AD
See original version (French)
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