Description:

Rome, ca. 1st century CE. Terracotta lamp depicts a nude man with a pointed face and a long nose. He is naked, save for a belt and squats, holding his huge penis which serves as the lamp's nozzle in both hands. Filling hole in the figure's back. Loop at the backof the man's head. Small, oval base. 3-1/2"H x 3-3/4"L (8.8 cm x 9.7 cm).

Cf. Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Cat. Bonn (Bonn 1973) 127 no. 194. The pointed face resembles caricature heads, cf. P.G. Leyenaar-Plaisier, Les Terres Cuites Greques et Romaines, vols. 1-3, Cat. Leiden (Leiden 1979) 246f. nos. 645, 647, pl. 90.

Provenance: Formerly Collection K. S., Cologne. Old illegible inventory label on the underside.

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