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BRONZE-COLOURED PLASTIC LAMP DEPICTING PRIAPS
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BRONZE-COLOURED PLASTIC LAMP DEPICTING PRIAPS
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE-COLOURED PLASTIC LAMP DEPICTING PRIAPS
Roman art, circa the 1st–2nd century AD.
A plastic oil lamp depicting the ithyphallic god Priapus, bearded and clad in a cloak, with a strap on his back.
The lid and right arm are missing.
Height: 10.5 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Mr Richard Wagner, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, acquired in the 1960s
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 14 December 2010: lot 20 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA647)
Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch, Auction 194, Munich, 14 December 2010, lot 20
J. Spier, ‘Roman Bronzes’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 1 January 2011, p. 140, fig. 33
A Roman bronze lamp depicting the ithyphallic god Priapus,
circa 1st–2nd century AD.
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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