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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Roman lamp with Diana, North Africa, c.175-225 AD

Roman lamp with Diana, North Africa, c.175-225 AD

Terracotta
Length: 12.2cm, height: 5cm
11433 IVP
Charles Ede, London
£ 250
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Mould-made oil lamp, of Loeschcke Type VIII, with heart shaped nozzle, the discus contains an image of Diana the Huntress with her bow raised in her left hand, her right hand reaching behind her shoulder to pluck an arrow from a hidden quiver. She wears a short chiton, with himation slung over her left shoulder and under her right arm, billowing in the wind. The shoulder of the lamp, although worn, is decorated with a berried laurel wreath, the stalks tied in a knot before the nozzle. Set on a raised ring base. Worn, the surface with areas of incrustation. 
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Provenance

Private collection, Sweden; acquired c.1950-1980 

Literature

Compare D.M. Bailey, Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum, Vol.II (London, 1988), Q1014 for the discus and Q1388 for the form.
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