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90 - TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH AN EROTIC SCENE
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TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH AN EROTIC SCENE Roman art, circa the 2nd century A.D. 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, June 8, 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, June 8, 2004, lot 140 A Roman pottery oil lamp with an erotic scene, circa 2nd century A.D.
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