19th C French or Italian Bronze Spirit Lamp after a Roman Original and with a black marble round base; marked to the top, "16.V./1868-1893". Bronze Roman Oil Lamp Of The Reclining Greek God Silenus Provenance: Private Collector Residence At Jupiter Island, Florida. Silenus Was A Drunken Follower Of Dionysus, Usually Bald And Fat With Thick Lips And Squat Noses, And Having The Legs Of A Human. A Notorious Consumer Of Wine, He Was Usually Drunk And Had To Be Supported By Satyrs Or Carried By A Donkey. Silenus Was Described As The Oldest, Wisest And Most Drunken Of The Followers Of Dionysus, And Was Said In Orphic Hymns To Be The Young God's Tutor. Good condition. Height 5 1/4 inches (13.5 cm.).