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LOT 1106
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (376 grams, 13.7 cm).
Comprising: a squat body and large nozzle with shallow socketed rim, hinged lid to filler-hole with striped pattern, handle formed with lobed cross and loop to rear, annular foot.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. 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 1106
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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