Oil Lamps
This theater mask lamp dates from about AD 50 to sometime in the 2nd century.Plautuswas a popular Roman playwrite, who penned such comedies asMiles GloriosusandPseudolus(both of which were adapted into the 1960sA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum). Named for theRoman baths at Bath, England,this lamp features Aphrodite Accroupie (Venus at the … Read more