Kman Collection

"Visage en gris plan."

Ganymede and the Eagle- Greco-Roman Bronze Lamp. The three-nozzles bronze lamp featuring the god Zeus in the form of an eagle, carrying the boy Ganymede off to Mount Olympus to be his cupbearer. When the lamp was lit, the beautiful youth would gleam, and the divine bird would be encircled by a glowing nimbus. Possibly Greek, from Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), dated to 250-100 BCE. It was found in 2007 in the Golden tombs of ancient Vanya, an important settlement in the ancient kingdom of Colchis, the most famous region as the place of arrival of Jason and the Argonauts in their mythical search for the Golden Fleece - Republic of Georgia

“The Night is also a Sun.”