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LOT 0781
Byzantine Animal-Headed Lamp
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (91 grams, 92 mm).
A slipper-shaped ceramic oil lamp with integral handle with animal head terminal, sub-circular filling hole, radiating raised lines to the shoulder; shallow basal ring.
Provenance
Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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