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LOT 0164

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BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (693 grams, 19 cm).

Comprising: a squat body, large circular nozzle with shallow socket, hinged domed lid with regardant hare, the handle formed from his pricked ears, two long tendril handles with perching bird detailing, splayed foot; square-section socket to base for mounting on a lamp stand.

PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Gökalp, Z.D., ‘Some examples of Byzantine bronze lamps in Turkish Museums’ in Actes du 1er Congres International d’etudes sur le Luminaire Antique, (Nyon-Geneve, 29.IX-4.X.2003), Monographies Instrumentum 31, (2005), pp.69-71, fig.7, pl.30.

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