A large Roman lead-glazed pottery oil lamp
Circa 1st Century A.D.
With ribbed ring handle and short rounded nozzle, the discus with a border of two concentric rings, and a band of tongue motif at the shoulder, with a dark green glaze and thick iridescence, 15cm long注脚Provenance:
with Jürgen Haering, Freiburg, 2004.

Lead-glazed pottery lamps such as this are exceedingly rare, with lead-glazed skyphoi being the more common form. For another lamp of a similar size, see an example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 17.194.2124.