RB037
Roman bronze Silenus oil lamp.
1st century AD.
H.6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.), L.9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Perfect condition. Fine light green and blue patina.
Ex. McManus Collection, USA 1950's.
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The anthropomorphic lamp in the form of an ithyphallic Silenus, seated with exaggerated phallus forming the lamp nozzle. The bald and bearded old satyr with strong and expressive face and short muscular naked body, is seated in a squatted position, his legs are bent and his arms rest on his knees, holding the oil opening. A bird on his left leg forming a suspension loop.
Cf. Walters H.B., British Museum, 1914, Plate I, fig. 9.
For a Greek squatted Silenus, cf. Kunze M., Borowski Collection, 2007, pp. 90-91, fig. A-25.
Walters H.B., Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Lams in the British Museum, Oxford University Press, London, 1914.
Kunze M., Meisterwerke antiken bronzen und metallarbeiten aus der sammlung Borowski, Franz Phillip Rutzen, Germany, 2007.
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