Roman / Greek Oil Lamp with Face?

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  1. murmillo_0

    murmillo_0 New Member

    Hi, I picked up a four pottery pieces from an old collection identified as a mix of "Etruscan/Roman." A search revealed the black glazed pieces as Greek or possibly made for export in southern Italy.

    This oil lamp is the 1st piece. Anyone able to shed more light on where this may have come from? Or what the face might be? (I'd like to think it's Pan :joyful:)
    • Unknown face on "spout"
    • 5 holes on top
    Thanks
     

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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    very interesting.Can you post these images full-size ?
     
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    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Murmillo.
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I can't see any features that identify spoutman as a particular character, but satyrs & Priapus were popular, perhaps because of the association between nighttime & lovemaking.
     
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    murmillo_0 New Member

    The snubby nose & horns/parted hairstyle(?) does make it look satyrish. Tried to do an image search for matching pictures but I kept getting Asian teapots :(
     
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