Ca. 100 ADA terracotta oil lamp of Loeschcke type Ia, shoulder IIb featuring a voluted angular-tipped nozzle and, on the shoulder, it displays circular ridges marked off by grooves which slope into a large sunken discus with the depiction of a man penetrating a woman from behind. For a similar see The J. Paul Getty Museum, Object Number: 83.AQ.438.397. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot.Size: L:113.2mm / W:82.1mm ; 85.06gProvenance: Ex PR collection, southern Germany, around 1970 - mid-1990s, acquired in part from Galerie G黱ter Puhze, Freiburg, 1977.