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Bronze Oil Lamp in the Form of a Horse - FZ.131
Origin: Alexandria, Egypt
Circa: 100
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
5.5" (14.0cm) high
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Style: Roman
Medium: Bronze
Location: UAE
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| Description |
The ancients had a talent for turning the merely
functional into the beautiful as well. Here, an
artist has captured the powerful essence of a
horse--the strong, arched neck, the proud head,
the muscular body--and incorporated it into a
lamp that delights the eye even as it brightens
the room. Such an object was created to give
pleasure as well as light, and today it continues
to fulfill at least one of those functions.
- (FZ.131)
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