Spätantike Maskenlampe - photo 1

Spätantike Maskenlampe

Lot 1
24.05.2018 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 000
AuctioneerAuktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Event locationGermany, Plauen
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ID 71584
Lot 1 | Spätantike Maskenlampe
römisch bis frühbyzantinisch, um 500 n. Chr., Bronze, östlicher Mittelmeerraum, birnenförmige Öllampe mit lanGelbgoldezogener, sich verbreitender runder Schnauze, aus zwei gegossenen Hälften bestehend, diese teilen das dargestellte Gesicht symmetrisch in zwei Gesichtshälften, einfache, archaisch anmutende, maskenhafte Gesichtszüge, lockenreiche Frisur mit ziselierten Haaren, der Griff aus zwei Strängen, die sich in ihren Enden wiederum in einem Gesicht vereinigen, ein Griffende fragmentiert, die beiden Gusshälften bilden ebenso zwei voneinander abgetrennte Kammern, die Schnauze daher mit zwei Dochtlöchern, ein Ölloch ist nicht vorhanden, ursprünglich wohl auf hohem Fuß aufgesetzt (dieser fehlt) oder auf Kandelaber montiert, die Lampe ist dadurch unten offen, schöne Patina, Länge ca. 15 cm, Gewicht ca. 430 g, Provenienz: Private Sammlung, in den 1990er Jahren im Kunsthandel erworben.
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