Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2234. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Antiquities] GRECO-ROMAN. Bronze oil lamp. Circa 1st century BC-AD. Length 110mm. Heavy cast bronze oil lamp in the form of a frightful face with staring eyes, jug ears and long pointy nose, spatulate spout issuing from open mouth. Tab hanger for attachment to candelabrum and for filler hole cover (now missing). Ears pierced for pendants. Good example of the Hellenistic fascination with the ugly and deformed. Fine condition, dark green patina. ($500)