Ca. 100-300 AD A very fine Ancient Roman grayware terracotta oil lamp. This mold-made lamp features a voluted angular-tipped nozzle and, on the shoulder, it displays circular ridges marked off by three grooves which slope into a large sunken discus. One filling hole to the bottom left in the decorated field. Centring the discus is a grotesque with exaggerated features, with a bald head, deep forehead wrinkles, bulging brows and a slate, over-large mouth with a wide protruding lower lip. He is in a standing position dressed in a robe, his arm stretched outright, a large phallus detailed. This lamp belongs to the type: Loeschcke I B; Bailey A group iii.Size: L:25mm / W:74mm ; 75g Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between early 1960s to 1990s.