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Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp
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LOT 0164

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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LOT 0164

Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

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