Ancient Roman Oil Lamps, 1st-5th century AD.
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Roman Egypt, c. 5th Century AD. Romano-Egyptian ceramic lamp with central cross. Rather crude in form with heavy carbon deposits from much use in antiquity. L: 4 in (10.1 cm). Ex German private collection acquired in the 1950's. #AR2898: $275 SOLD

Ancient Roman Empire, 2nd-early 3rd Century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. A neat ceramic oil lamp, the discus depicting the radiate head of Helios! L: 3 1/4". See Bailey, vol. 3, Q2639 for general type. Ex New York City private collection. #AR3498: $375

Roman Egypt Oil Lamp With Eros/Cupid!
Ancient Roman Egypt, 3rd Century AD. A rare ceramic oil lamp, the discus featuring Eros (Cupid) seated cross-legged, beside him is a shattered amphora. Made of dark red-brown micaceous clay. The lamp’s shoulder with impressed ovules. The spout is still charred from use in antiquity! ref: Loeschcke type VIII, Bailey, “Lamps” Volume 13; Q 2056-7 for type. Ex Bogue collection, Southern California. #AR3353: $650 SOLD

Ancient Roman Empire, 2nd Century AD. A gorgeous brown-slip ceramic oil lamp, the discus depicting a Crescent of Luna, star above. The underside with a crisp maker's mark reading "M.NOVIVST" (the maker is known, Marcius Novius Justus)! Measures 3 7/8" with incredible, deep-relief detail. Ref: Loeschcke Type VIII; Bussiere & Rivel (2012), p. 178, 194 for type. Ex property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art. #AR3240: $499 SOLD

Ancient Roman Empire, 2nd Century AD. A lovely reddish-brown ceramic oil lamp, made in Cnidus, in Caria. The discus is decorated with a central rosette, a zigzag maker's mark on the base. L: 3 5/8". ref: Bailey, vol. III, Q2792 for type. Ex property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art. #AR3241: $350 SOLD

A fantastic little Roman bronze oil lamp!
Ancient Rome, c. 1st-2nd Century AD. A small bronze oil lamp, with a wide fill hole and flat discus, small nozzle and crescent-shaped handle. Three intact loops once suspended this lamp from chains (lost to history). L: 3 inches. Except olive-green patina. Intact save for a few small holes due to age. From the Estate of Robert Flourance, Virginia. * I can send better photos on request. I just love this little lamp and would be sad to see it go, honestly! #AR3513: $750 SOLD

Isis on a Roman Lamp!
Ancient Roman, c. 2nd century AD. A rare and exceptional ceramic oil lamp depicting the Egyptian goddess Isis! The goddess is depicted wearing solar-disc headdress, seated on a throne, holding the infant Horus in her lap, fifteen raised pellets surrounding. With a rounded body, small loop handle, and short spout which still shows charring from use in antiquity! The base is impressed with a maker’s hard depicting three grain ears. Old collection tag on underside. See Bailey Q2021 and Loeschcke Type VIII for similar variants. L: 3 3/4”. Handle repaired from 2-3 pieces, otherwise intact! Ex Ventura County private collection; ex Hindman. This is one I definitely should have kept for my own collection but the photos turned out so nice I thought I’d offer it to you for a short time (before I change my mind). #AR3299: $950 SOLD

Late Roman / Byzantine, c. 7th - 8th Century AD. Fantastic ceramic oil lamp with a cross! Decorated with laurel-wreath around the shoulder and beautiful cross between the wick and fill-hole. Small ring base and knob handle. L: 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Cf. Bussière, Rivel Coll. No. 350. Intact and well-preserved. ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AB2010: $450

Rare Roman bronze lamp amulet, 4th - 5th Century AD. Designed as a tripodal candelabrum; the lamp with a cross as a thumb piece. H: 3.2mm (1.25"). Nicely detailed. With custom stand (whole display stands 5 cm (2 inches) tall. Ex Royal Athena Gallery, New York. #AR3128: $299

Ancient Rome, c. 1st-3rd century AD. Nice bronze oil lamp lid depicting a phallus. Leaf-shaped with a raised phallus eith remains of yellow and red paste inlay. Likely to bestow fertility when the lamp was lit. 31 mm (1 1/4"), olive-green patina. #AR2481: $199 SOLD



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Ancient Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD. Gorgeous redware oil lamp depicting a Legionnaire / soldier standing wearing a crested helmet and holding a spear and shield. Rare workshop signature COPPI-RES on base. Some loss to handle and a few repairs. 5 1/8" (12.9cm) long. Ex English collection; Ex Royal Athena Gallery, New York. #61661: $425 SOLD
Roman North Africa, 4th - 5th Century AD. Large redware terracotta lamp, mouldmade, with central medallion featuring the bust of Minerva, wearing helmet and aegis, within a decorative border. Raised, circular base. Some minor chipping to the handle and signs of use. 5.25" (13.3cm) long. Ex. English Private collection; Ex. Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #6159: $475 SOLD
Ancient Roman North Africa, c. 4th-5th Century AD. Attractive red-ware Terra Sigillata lamp with leaping lion, with convex lower part and flat top. Within the concave disk a lion leaps to right, raised leaf and star motif on shoulder, tongue handle. Impressed flat base with a molding and inner circle. 5 5/8" (14.3 cm). Minor chipping to handle, strong orange color and an attractive example! Ex old English private collection. #1011312: $499 SOLD

Late Roman / Byzantine, c. 7th - 8th Century AD. Fantastic clay oil lamp with nice cross! Vertical ribbing on the shoulder and a channel around the fill-hole and wick-hole. Spout decorated with a tall cross on a pedestal, set within the channel. 3 5/8" (9.2 cm). Nice lamp, charred from use in antiquity. Ex Orange County private collection. Much nicer than photo! #AH2014X2: $450 SOLD

Roman discus lamp, 2nd Century AD. Without handle, decoration consisting of radiating lines, the spout rounded, low ring base. 3 1/8" (80 mm). Nice light white color with some earthen deposits. ex-Los Angeles, CA collection. #A132441: $199 SOLD
Rome, c. 1st Century AD. Nice orange-ware Roman discus lamp. Decorated with rosette within the discus, ring base and rounded nozzle with remains of soot from use in antiquity. L: 3 1/2" (8.9 cm). Intact, light earthen deposits. #AR2125: $199 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 2nd century AD. Terracotta disk lamp. Central discus decorated with winged Eros (Cupid), helmet as his feet. Part of handle broken in antiquity. Spout still charred from use in antiquity! 92 mm (3 1/2") long. #271029: $250 SOLD
The "Light of God"
Roman Egypt, c. 1st Century BC/AD. Nice orange-ware ceramic oil lamp. The shoulders adorned with a Greek inscription reading "Light of God." Beautifully molded decorative elements around the fill-hole, long nozzle and raised tear-drop base. 3 1/4" (8.5 cm). Intact, spout with traces of charring from use in antiquity. Ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2320: $325 SOLD
Roman Egypt, c. 1st Century BC/AD. Nice orange-ware ceramic oil lamp. Nicely decorated with raised pellets around the shoulder and "braided" element tied with a shield device on the spout, raised ring base with central ivy-leaf mark. 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Intact, spout still charred from use in antiquity. Ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2319: $225 SOLD
Roman ceramic lamp, 3rd Century AD, the circular body with raised grape vine motif around the shoulder, the indented fill-hole surrounded by vertical lines, pinched handle, rounded spout and low ring base on bottom. 3 3/4" x 2 3/4" (98 x 73 mm). Intact, with earthen deposits and collector’s notes on bottom. Carbon deposits show clear signs of use in antiquity. ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2362: $150 SOLD
Roman, c. 1st-2nd century AD. Nice ceramic lamp. Heavily decorated top and small pinched handle. 92 mm (3 1/2) with great color! Collected by Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gaefe in the 1950's while establishing NATO bases in Turkey and Greece. This was part of the estate of Retired LTC Wilton Gaefe, who retired from the military in 1962. #AR2451: $175 SOLD
Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd century AD. Interesting terracotta oil lamp imitating a Roman type. The discus with a soldier or gladiator holding a weapon. 3 3/4". Rather crudely made and intact with earthen deposits. #272008: $199 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 1st century AD. Large ceramic fragment from a discus lamp depicting a nymph racing left upon a Hippocampus! A mythological creature with the head of a horse and tail of a fish. W: 83 mm (3 1/4"). Palm-print of the maker still visible on back! ex-R. Fletcher collection, Taos, NM, purchased in the 1960's. An excellent display piece! #AR2544: $275 SOLD

Roman Gladiator Lamp! A Roman oil lamp depicting two Marmano gladiators, from the early 2nd Century AD. The rounded body with short rounded nozzle, narrow handle, shoulders set off from discus by molded ridge. On bottom, slightly raised circular disk. L: 3 3/4" (9.5 cm). Intact, minor chipping and earthen deposits over the orange-red slip. Ex Old German Private Collection. Fantastic and rare gladiator depiction! #AR2152: $975 SOLD

Ancient Rome, c. 2nd - 3rd Century AD. Clay oil lamp decorated with the bust of Jupiter atop an eagle with spread wings, radiating lines in the fields. The shoulders are bare and the nozzle is short with rounded tip, an impressed notch where the nozzle joins the body. At back a simple pierced handle and on bottom an incised circle around a near flat base with large I at center. L: 2 5/8" (6.7 cm). Intact with traces of orange slip. Ex Detroit private collection. #A152062: $325 SOLD

Ancient Rome, 1st-2nd century AD. Redware oil lamp with a theatre mask! Mouldmade, central disk, with fill holes to either side of the mask, recessed within a tall border which runs along the spout to the wick hole. Outward sloping shoulders with two raised knobs. On base, maker's mark OCTAVI within rings. 4" (102 mm) long. Minor restoration to nozzle neck, earthen encrustation. Nice! ref: Loeschcke pl. XVIII, no. 938. #0613203: $399 SOLD


Ancient Roman, 1st century AD. Attractive red-orange terracotta discus lamp with a rabbit! Shown within concave disk, set off by quadruple rim, ovolo around. The rabbit appears to hide beneath a branch. The nozzle is short and rounded, the base flat and set off by a raised ring. Intact, earthen deposits. 2 7/8" (7.4 cm). Ex English collection, acquired in the 1940's. #1011308: $475 SOLD

Ancient Roman, c. 2nd Century AD. Great Roman orange buff ceramic lamp with a dolphin. The central discus deeply concave and depicts the dolphin swimming to right, volutes on the nozzle, ring handle at back and flat foot on base. L: 4 1/2" (11.5cm). Light deposits, remains of red-orange slip. Ex German private antiquities collection. #AR3006: $399 SOLD

Ancient Roman, Asia Minor, 2nd Century AD. Neat Roman terracotta lamp depicting 3 theater masks. With ridge around the discus and continuing as a channel on the rounded spout, pellets around the shoulder and ring handle; the bottom flattened. Light deposits and a nice type! 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (8.7 x 6.4 cm). Cf. Bussiere/Rivel, La Collection Rivel (BAR 2012), p. 180, no. 195 for the type; Ex collection of John Hibner acquired in Turkey during military service in the 1960's. #AR2995: $299 SOLD


Ancient Roman Empire. Eastern Mediterranean, c. 4th Century AD. Nice Roman creme-ware ceramic lamp. With equally spaced lines around the fill-hole and down the channel above the wick-hole. L: 3 1/4 in (8.4 cm). Nicely preserved with light earthen deposits. Ex-Malter Galleries, Encino, CA. #AR2968: $150 SOLD

An interesting Roman orange-ware lamp from Egypt, c. 3rd Century AD, ovoid in shape, with indented central discus containing an image of a winged Erote, depicted nude and holding a sword, a shield and other armaments at his feet. The shoulders are adorned with raised dashes, the stump handle with four ridges running the length and extending onto the underside, which possesses a flattened base. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8" (85x55 mm) and very thick. Intact and a neat type showing light carbon deposits indicating use in antiquity. Old collector's notes on bottom side. ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2365: $325 SOLD

Ancient Rome, 2nd Century AD. Wonderful Roman ceramic discus oil lamp with an eagle. The bird is well-detailed and stands left, head to right. The discus is deeply concave with small fill-hole and set off by grooves and ridges, the nozzle short and round and the ring handle with two vertical ridges. On the underside maker's mark MNIVST in incised within a shallow groove. L: 4 1/4 in (10.4cm). Well-preserved orange slip with mineral deposits and iron oxide on the discus from the iron wick adjuster. Ex Detroit private collection. Beautiful! #AR3133: $499 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD. Nice orange-ware oil lamp. The shoulder decorated with radiating ridges around fill-hole with inward sloping rim, a rosette on spout, flat base set of by moulding. L: 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Intact, light deposits. Lovely rosette. #AR2128: $225 SOLD


Ancient Roman, c. 2nd - 3rd Century AD. Neat small double-spouted ceramic oil lamp. Nicely made, with remnants of white slip. The small handle lost to history. 2 3/8" x 2 1/8" (6 x 5.5 cm). Ex Southern California private collection. #AR3403: $99

A Roman black-ware lamp, c. 2nd - 3rd Century AD, the fill-hole with raised circular border with vertical lines alternating with raised pellets around the shoulders, remains of ring handle and long spout, flattened base. 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" (94 x 60 mm). Some losses to spout and handle, earthen deposits and antique collector’s label on bottom. ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2364: $299 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 2nd Century AD. Great Roman orange-ware oil lamp depicting a Sothic dog. The animal atop a stand within the central discus, the shoulder adorned with a vine motif. L: 4 in (10.1cm). Light deposits over well-preserved orange slip, carbon deposits from ancient use on the nozzle. Ex collection of John Hibner, acquired in Turkey during military service in the 1960's. #AR2895: $350 SOLD
Roman North Africa, c. 4th - 5th century AD. Beautiful red-ware oil lamp decorated with a standing robed goddess, right arm raised. Nicely impressed decorative elements on rim. Tip of handle missing. 115 mm (4 1/2") long! Ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #271031: $350 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 2nd Century AD. Nice terracotta oil lamp. Depicts a pectin shell in the discus, fine ovolo border around the edges and a thick ring base. 3 1/2" (8.9 cm). Intact. Ex old English private collection. #1011315-1: $275 SOLD
Ancient Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD. Fantastic redware oil lamp. Discus decorated with a stunning depiction of Helios. Intact with high looped handle. A beauty! Ex-Coincraft, London. 4 1/2" (114 mm) long. Excellent! #jk72015: $399 SOLD
Roman pottery oil lamp. 1st-2nd century AD. Discus-type lamp decorated with the bust of a god, probably Zeus, in profile. Striking detail and lovely earthen patina. Measures 102 mm (4 inches). Ex-old English collection, ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #RA2853: $425 SOLD
Roman North Africa, 1st - 2nd Century AD. Awesome oil lamp showing an execution in the circus! Mouldmade terracotta lamp with remains of brown slip. Depicts an execution in the circus (damnation ad bestias). A panther leaps right, looking back, over a prone figure laying below. 4" (10.2 cm) long. Ex German collection; Ex. Royal Athena Gallery, New York. #6154: $450 SOLD
Early Christian symbolism! Gorgeous Roman orange-ware ceramic lamp from North Africa, c. 4th - 5th Century AD. The top decorated with a fish within the concave disk, fill-holes to either side. The shoulder decorated with geometric devices, channel nozzle, pinched handle and ring base with concentric circles at center. L: 4 1/2" (11.6 cm). Intact, light deposits, carbon deposits on slip. Ex Suffolk, England Private Collection. An absolutely iconic very early Christian relic! #AR2163: $950 SOLD
Roman North Africa, c. 4th-5th Century AD. Red-ware terracotta discus lamp with a large Chi-Rho (Christogram) depicted in the discus. The shoulder is decorated with small impressed lines and circles. Though the nozzle is lost, we can see that a channel would have run between the disc and nozzle, edged by ridges. There is a maker's mark on the underside in the form of a Silphium seed. The seed takes the form of the traditional heart shape and was used in antiquity as a seasoning and medicine. Silphium was also an important trade item for the North African city of Cyrene, which may place this lamp as being made in the city of Cyrene. L: 3 7/8" (10 cm). Ex English private collection. #AR2210: $325 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 2nd Century AD. Discus-type terracotta oil lamp, with plain discus and shoulder decorated with ovules, L: 3" (7.6 cm). Nice reddish-brown color, intact with nice eye-appeal. Ex New Jersey private collection. #A141752: $199 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 1st century AD. Huge ceramic oil lamp. Deep recessed discus surrounded by a vine motif, long protruding spout and large ring handle. 160 mm ( 6 1/8") long! Old collector's notes on bottom. ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. Impressive! #AR2376: $299 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 2nd Century AD. Gorgeous large ceramic oil lamp. Discus type with rounded body, small loop handle. 2 fill holes in center. Beautiful detail, light earthen deposits. Small inked "R" on bottom. L: 105 mm (4 1/2"). ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2377: $275 SOLD
Early Christian symbolism! Roman North Africa, 5th Century AD. A gorgeous Roman red-ware lamp with large fish. Nicely detailed with good style, the shoulders also decorated with smaller fish, ring base on bottom. L: 5 1/2" (14cm), W: 3 1/3 in (8.4cm). Few minor chips, blackened with much use in antiquity. Ex New Jersey private antiquities collection. An absolutely iconic very early Christian relic! #AR2306: $950 SOLD
Ancient Roman, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD. Nice ceramic oil lamp with a running deer. The round body with sharp carination, two raised ridges around the discus and a raised disk base. The rounded spout decorated with volutes on the shoulder and with round wick-hole; single handle at back. L: 4 1/2" (11.4 cm). Some repair to the spout and light encrustation throughout. Traces of orange-brown slip. Ex Midwest private collection. #A12227: $325 SOLD
Late Roman, c. 5th - 6th Century AD. Excellent bronze oil lamp filler. With deep rounded bowl, long channeled spout, projection to either side and a flat rounded handle at back, three low-relief prong feet on bottom. L: 3 5/16" (85 mm) and very nicely preserved with dark brassy tone, light earthen deposits. Ex Arthur M. Sackler Collection. #AR2406: $399 SOLD
Late Roman, c. 5th - 6th Century AD. Excellent bronze oil lamp filler. With deep rounded bowl, long channeled spout, projections to either side and a flat rounded handle at back, raised ring base on bottom. An ancient repair made to side! A well-used item in ancient times. 87x52 mm (3 3/8" x 2"). Lovely brassy tone. Ex Arthur M. Sackler Collection. #AR2553: $325 SOLD

A Roman bronze lamp, c. 2nd Century AD, the circular body with flattened top and large fill-hole, the spout decorated with volutes and the handle surmounted by a crescent, raised ring base on bottom. 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" (114 x 60 mm). Some losses to handle and spout, dent to side of body. Surfaces with some encrustation throughout. Remains of what may have been the original wick still inside the spout! ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2360: $325 SOLD

Ancient Rome, c. 2nd century AD. Fantastic large ceramic oil lamp with head of a bull. The body round with short rounded spout, the shoulder decorated with ovolo and set off from the discus by molded grooves. At the rear is a ring handle and on bottom a raised disc base. Intact with well-preserved brown slip. Large 124 mm (4 7/8") x 91 mm (3 5/8")! ex-Chicago, IL collection. #AR2203: $499 SOLD

Large Roman pottery oil lamp. 2nd-3rd century AD. Discus-type with heart-shaped spout. Decorated with a medallion, hunter attacking a boar. 101 mm (4 1/4 inches). Ex-private French collection, ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #RA2953: $325
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Roman Egypt, c. 2nd-3rd century AD. Nice terracotta oil lamp. Decorated with a stylized petal motif, the base with an 8-rayed star design.Elongated spout still charred from use in antiquity. 78 mm (3") long. ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2122: $225 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 3rd century AD. Nice ceramic Roman 'Frog' Lamp from Egypt. Of lentoid shape with stylized decoration, crude maker's mark on bottom. L: 3" (7.6 cm). Intact with light earthen deposits. ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2182: $199 SOLD

Fantastic oil lamp with Biblical relevance!
North Africa, 5th century AD. Redware oil lamp depicting a scene from Daniel 3, 13-18. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar is seated on the left, commanding the Three Hebrews to worship his image. He points to a bust upon a column before him. The Hebrews are shown wearing short pleated tunics with hoods over their heads. Large 14 cm (5 1/2 inches), with great red color and earthen and mineral deposits. cf. Light from the Age of Augustine p. 40 no. 28. A VERY rare depiction of the infamous Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar! ex-Harlan J. Berk. #AR2764: $475 SOLD

Roman North Africa, c. 4th-5th century AD. Marvelous large redware oil lamp, the discus decorated with a large central dolphin! Ornate decoration of heart-shaped and round elements along rim. Losses to back of handle, otherwise intact and a marvelous example! L: 135 mm (5 1/4"). ex-Mark Reid, The Time Machine. #AR2725: $700 SOLD

Roman North Africa, c. 5th - 6th Century. Nice and large red-ware lamp with a palm tree. The tree well-detailed with fill-holes to either side, the shoulder decorated with alternating circular and cruciform punches, raised circular base on bottom. L: 5 1/2" (14 cm). Few repairs on base, well-preserved surfaces. Ex Orange County private collection. #AR2281: $599 SOLD

Late Roman / Byzantine, c. 7th - 8th Century AD. Fantastic ceramic oil lamp with a cross! Decorated with raised cross on spout, vertical ridges around the shoulder, small knob handle. (L: 4 1/2" (11.7 cm). Intact with light earthen deposits. ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AB2008: $450 SOLD

Ancient Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD. Terracotta oil lamp covered with depictions of wine grapes and grape vines. Outstanding! Perfect for a wine-lover's collection. Measures 90 mm (3 1/2 inches) long. ex-Malter Galleries, Encino, CA. #8544: $299 SOLD

Roman North Africa, c. 4th - 5th Century AD. Wonderful ceramic oil lamp, the flat top with central relief of a bird standing atop a spiral column, berries before, the shoulder with raised pellets and channel on the nozzle, pinched handle at back and ring base on bottom. L: 4 1/4" (10.7cm). Spout still blackened from ancient use! Ex New York private collection. #AR3281: $275 SOLD

Holy Land. Roman period, c. 2nd Century AD. Nice ceramic oil lamp. Mold-made, featuring a central rosette around the fill-hole and beaded border setting it off from the spout. The knob handle possesses two lobes and on bottom a shallow ring foot. L: 4" (10 cm). Intact with light deposits. Cf. Musee du Louvre: Lampes en Terre Cuite Grecques et Lampes en Terre Cuite Chretiennes (Greek and Christian Terracotta oil lamps from the Louvre) 121-123 for parallels. Ex Northern Virginia private collection. * From the same mold as AR3370 which is incredibly rare! #AR3369: $175 ($300 if bought with AR3370). SOLD

Holy Land. Roman period, c. 2nd Century AD. Nice ceramic oil lamp. Mold-made, featuring a central rosette around the fill-hole and beaded border setting it off from the spout. The knob handle possesses two lobes and on bottom a shallow ring foot. L: 4" (10 cm). Intact with light deposits. Cf. Musee du Louvre: Lampes en Terre Cuite Grecques et Lampes en Terre Cuite Chretiennes (Greek and Christian Terracotta oil lamps from the Louvre) 121-123 for parallels. Ex Northern Virginia private collection. * From the same mold as AR3369 which is incredibly rare! #AR3370: $175
<- ($300 if bought with AR3369). SOLD
Ancient Rome, 2nd-3rd century AD.
Nice terracotta oil lamp. Depicts a smiling child's face in the central medallion, maker's mark "COMVNI" on bottom! Spout still charred from use in antiquity! Lovely red-orange coloration, some surface scratches and root marks but otherwise quite pleasing. 78 mm (2 7/8"). #4601: $275 SOLD
Ancient Rome, Central Italian, c. 175 - 225 AD. Attractive Roman terracotta oil lamp with a fish and maker's mark. The lamp is mold made with circular body and short rounded nozzle, heart-shaped on its upper surface, a ring handle at the rear. The angled shoulder is separated from the discus by a substantial single molding, a central filling hole with air vent below. On the discus, a nicely detailed fish. On base, maker's mark LVCCEI within a raised disk, a sunken ovule above and below. L: 4 3/8" (11.1 cm). Handle with some repair, earthen encrustation. #861211: $350 SOLD
Incredible ancient Roman oil lamp, 1st-3rd century AD. Large discus-lamp with a central figure of a standing goddess in long robes. Detailed maker's mark on bottom! Outstanding. 106 x 90 mm. #8655: $240 SOLD
Fine Roman discus lamp with Eros, 1st - 2nd Century AD. Mould-made, reddish buff, with slightly concave discus featuring Eros (Cupid) with wings open, drawing bow and arrow. Filling hole off center, with small air vent in nozzle channel. Nozzle wide, with splayed top. Impressed flat base. 2 7/8" (7.4 cm) long. Intact, spout still charred from use in antiquity! #18556: $375 SOLD
Roman Christian oil lamp, 4th-6th century AD. Decorated with a nice cross on the short, raised handle. Two-piece construction, top and bottom mold-made and affixed in ancient times. Spout still burned from use in antiquity. ex-Malter Galleries, Encino, CA, USA. 110 mm long. #514: $325 SOLD
Roman North Africa, 4th - 5th Century AD. Attractive red-ware oil lamp. The central concave disk decorated with a stylized palm tree flanked by filling-holes, channel running between disk and nozzle. Shoulder decorated with channel containing impressed rosette and concentric circles. Pinched handle and raised disk base. Nozzle with poorly done repairs, some restoration to top of handle. L: 5 1/4" (13.4 cm). Ex property from the collection of Joseph Klein (1899-1987), New York City. #AR2162

Roman North Africa, 4th - 5th Century AD. Great red-ware oil lamp. The central concave disk with stylized palm device flanked by filling-holes, channel running between disk and nozzle. Shoulder decorated with channel containing impressed rosette and concentric circles. Pinched handle and raised disk base. Light repair to spout and top of handle. L: 5 1/4" (13.4 cm). Ex property from the collection of Joseph Klein (1899-1987), New York City. Mr. Klein sought out and acquired these souvenirs as part of his vast collecting interests. Said to have collected in the manner of an 18th century connoisseur, his overall collection showcased his diverse array of artifacts acquired over a period of 45 years and included the art of ancient China, Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome. #AR2162: $550 SOLD

Rome, 3rd - 4th Century AD. Attractive Roman orange buff lamp, with hole for lamp stand! Mouldmade, the body rounded with inward-sloping rim set off by molding, palm-fronds on each side of the shoulder, berries at back, short nozzle with rounded spout, raised disk base on bottom. L: 2 7/8" (7.3 cm). Intact with a rectangular hole at bottom from a lampstand. Ex Orange County private collection. #AR2124: $199 SOLD
Ancient Rome, 1st - 2nd Century AD. Nice ceramic oil lamp. The rounded body with sharp carination, the deeply inset discus with central fill-hole, set off from the solder by molded grooves and a band of vertical ridges. On the sides are implied handles; the short spout with splayed nozzle with small volutes. On bottom, a small raised disc with central X. 3 1/4" (8.2cm). Intact with nice deep burned-red color. Ex West Sussex, England, private collection. #AR2211: $325 SOLD
A Roman ceramic lamp with head of a woman, 2nd Century AD, the central discus indented with petals surrounding the facing head bordered by an ovolo motif, short rounded spout and flattened base. 2 7/8" x 2 1/2" (74x62 mm). Intact, mottled deposits. Old collector's notes on bottom side. ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2363: $199 SOLD
Roman North Africa, 1st-2nd century AD. Pottery oil lamp. Depicts bust of a goddess facing left. Nice detail in hair and drapery! Beautiful radiant red coloration. 93 mm (3 5/8 inches) long. Very nice... terrible photo! Ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #RA2930: $325 SOLD
Ancient Rome, late 1st - 2nd Century AD. Nice red-ware oil lamp. Concave disk with an ovolo border, the rounded nozzle with pseudo-double-ended volutes. A ring handle with incised lines is placed at the rear and on bottom, a raised disk base with central cross design. L: 3 5/8" (9.2 cm). Intact, spout charred from use in antiquity! Ex Detroit private collection. #A152061: $325 SOLD
Ancient Rome, c. 4th - 5th Century AD. Late Roman black-ware oil lamp, with long spout and tall handle. L: 3 1/2" (8.9 cm). Intact, light earthen deposits. #AR2126: $99 SOLD
Roman North Africa, c. 4th-5th century AD. Marvelous large redware oil lamp, the discus decorated with two doves above and below a church, with a heart-shaped device inside. Three dots below may represent the Holy Trinity. The body is sharply carinated with long rounded spout and pinched handle. L: 14 cm. Repaired from 2 fragments. ex-Mark Reid, Time Machine. A very rare type! #AR2726: $650 SOLD

Roman North Africa, c. 4th-5th century AD. Excellent orange-ware ceramic oil lamp. The central discus depicts a standing bear, the outside decorated with leaping lions. Repaired spout. Likely from a gladiatorial scene depicting Christians being martyred in the arena. Still shows charring from use in antiquity! L: 5 3/8" (13.5 cm). ex-Mark Reid, The Time Machine. #AR2736: $599 SOLD

Ancient Roman, c. 1st-2nd century AD. Nice ceramic oil lamp. Red color with raised and linear incised designs, small pinched handle. Heavy earthen deposits overall. Spout still charred from use in antiquity! L: 93 mm (3 5/8"). Collected by Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gaefe in the 1950's while establishing NATO bases in Turkey and Greece. This was part of the estate of Retired LTC Wilton Gaefe, who retired from the military in 1962. #AR2452: $99 SOLD

Ancient Roman, c. 3rd century AD. Great ceramic oil lamp. Deep-cut incised decoration, concentric ring design around large fill-hole. Spout still charred from use in antiquity! Old Arabic excavation numbers inked in blue on base. L: 85 mm (3 1/4"). ex-B.C. Antiques, Los Angeles, CA gallery closed in the 1970's. #AR2629: $125 SOLD
A Roman ceramic lamp depicting a grasshopper, early - mid 1st Century AD, the circular body with concave discus set from the shoulder by grooves and depicting a grasshopper standing on a grape vine. The nozzle is arrowhead-shaped and the bottom flat with low-relief ring base. 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (91 x 65 mm). Intact, light encrustation and collector’s notes on bottom. Carbon deposits show clear signs of use in antiquity. Rare type! ex-Ernest Freemark collection formed 1913-1915; ex-R. Knickerbocker collection, NY. #AR2361: $299 SOLD

Ancient Rome, 1st century AD. Great and very large Roman terracotta oil lamp, the discus with a scene of a shepherd with two goats. He leans on a staff, a tree to right. Measures 11 x 8 cm (4 3/8" x 3 1/8"). Intact except for fault line around discus. ex-David Liebert, The Time Machine, NY. #AR2893: $325 SOLD

Pegasus! Ancient Roman, c. 3rd-4th century AD. Fantastic ceramic oil lamp. Decorated with a large figure of Pegasus with wings open and left leg raised. 2 central fill holes, eht edge decorated with linear and round elements, small pinched handle. L: 10.7 cm (4 3/8"). Provincially-made with heavy, sturdy construction. Light reddish to burned black color under earthen deposits. ex-Omaha, NE collection acquired between 1914-1945. #AR2955: $499 SOLD

Fantastic oil lamp with Biblical relevance!
North Africa, 5th century AD. Large redware oil lamp fragment depicting a scene from Daniel 3, 13-18. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar is seated on the left, commanding the Three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) to worship his image. He points to a bust upon a column before him. The Hebrews are shown wearing short pleated tunics with hoods over their heads. Large 12 x 8.2 cm (4 5/8” x 3 1/4”), with great red color and earthen and mineral deposits. cf. Light from the Age of Augustine p. 40 no. 28. A VERY rare depiction of the infamous Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar! ex-Mark Reid, Time Machine, NY. #AR3000: $499 SOLD

A Roman ceramic lamp featuring a Biblical scene from Lazarus, North Africa, c. 5th - 6th Century AD. The discus featuring a robed figure of Lazarus emerging from his tomb, the shoulders of the lamp adorned with ovolo devices, ring foot on bottom. L: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm). Losses to spout, light surface weathering and deposits. ref: Bejaoui Fig. 73; Garbsch & Overbeck 83. This scene is written about in the New Testament, Gospel of John chapter 11. Jesus comes to the tomb and raises Lazarus from the dead four days after his burial. Ex David Liebert, The Time Machine, NY. #AR3098: $275 SOLD

Chariot! Ancient Rome, c. 1st Century AD. Large discus fragment from an oil lamp depicting a charioteer racing right. 2 3/4" x 2 1/2" (7 x 6.3 cm). Finger-prints of the maker still visible on back! Ex North Yorkshire, UK private collection. #AR2998: $250 SOLD

Roman Egypt, 4th - 5th Century AD. Large terracotta discus oil lamp, depicting the confronted busts of goddess Isis and god Serapis! 4 3/4" (12.1cm) long. Spout still charred from use in antiquity! ex-Los Angeles, CA private collection. #61662: $350 SOLD

Ancient Roman, 2nd Century AD. Great ceramic discus lamp with theater masks from Asia Minor. The fill-hole bordered by grooves, the discus with three theater masks with multiple grooves and ridges, a vertical ridge at each side. The nozzle is rounded, and the ring handle accentuated by ridges; the foot with incised ring around a central maker's mark in the form of a "planti pedis" or human foot. L: 3 3/4" (9.5 cm). Remnants of dark brown slip amidst mineral deposits. Ex Brauns family collection, Southern California. #AR3027: $350 SOLD


Roman Egypt/Holy Land, c, 4th - 5th Century AD. A very large Roman red-slipped oil lamp, With an "X" within a rectangle border on spout and raised foot. L: 4" (10 cm) and very thicl! Some losses, but an interesting example of a Roman provincial lamp type. Spout still blackened from ancient use! Ex Keith collection, Central California. #AR3232: $199 SOLD

Ancient Roman, c. 4th Century AD. ceramic oil lamp, with rosette within the concave discus, raised pellets around the shoulder and narrow channel on nozzle, pinched handle at back, shallow ring base on bottom. L: 3 5/8" (9.1cm). Light earthen deposits. Spout still blackened from ancient use! Ex New York private collection. #AR3282: $199 SOLD