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88 - TWO OIL LAMPS WITH EROTIC SCENES
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TWO OIL LAMPS WITH EROTIC SCENES Roman art, 1st–2nd century A.D. Two oil lamps with erotic scenes, one bearing the potter’s mark “BICAGAT” on the reverse. Length: 9 and 10 cm Provenance: Former American private collection, Los Angeles, acquired in the 1980s Arte Primitivo, New York, October 27, 2008: lot no. 147 (part of a lot) Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. Nos. MMoCA373 & 374) Bibliography: Arte Primitivo, Antiquities, New York, October 27, 2008, lot 147 (part of a lot) Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd, New York, July 2009, nos. 3509 and 3510 Two Roman terracotta oil lamps with an erotic scene, 1st–2nd century A.D.
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