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91 - TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH EROTIC SCENE
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TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP WITH EROTIC SCENE Roman art, 2nd–3rd century A.D. Oil lamp whose tondo is decorated with a depiction of a couple on a bed in an erotic scene. Length: 9.5 cm Provenance: Former German private collection Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA730) A Roman pottery oil lamp depicting an erotic scene, 2nd–3rd century A.D.
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