Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A lovely mold-made redware oil lamp with a circular base, gradually-expanding walls, a rounded shoulder, a pierced tab-shaped handle, a small fill hole, and a heart-shaped wick spout. The shoulder is decorated with a register of abstract phytomorphic and zoomorphic motifs in low relief, and a set of concentric circles separates the shoulder from the recessed tondo. Within the tondo is a wondrous depiction of Neptune (Greek Poseidon), the god of the sea. The mythical deity has a serpentine lower body with a wide tail fin and raises his upper body while blowing into a conch shell horn. Size: 3.375" W x 2" H (8.6 cm x 5.1 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private Orange County, California, USA collection

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#137825

Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to base, handle, wick spout, and body, with fading to some imagery, and minor nicks to red surface coloration, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and light encrustations throughout.