Wall lamp; Rome, 1st-2nd century.
Bronze.
In good... Lot 12
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Wall lamp; Rome, 1st-2nd century.
Bronze.
In good state of preservation.
Measurements: 5.5 cm (diameter).
Wall lamp made in bronze with a circular shape on which is placed a head with childlike features. This head is placed on a disc with a lion's claw at the top. The Romans brought two important innovations to the world of sculpture: the portrait and the historical relief, neither of which existed in the Greek world. However, they followed Greek models for much of their sculptural production, a basis which in Rome was combined with the Etruscan tradition. After the first contacts with Classical Greece via the Magna Graecia colonies, the Romans conquered Syracuse in 212 BC, a rich and important Greek colony in Sicily, which was adorned with a large number of Hellenistic works. The city was sacked and its artistic treasures taken to Rome, where the new style of these works soon replaced the Etruscan-Roman tradition that had prevailed until then.
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