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LOT 0973

Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 - 4 in. (195 grams total, 9.6-10.1 cm).

Comprising: a piriform lamp with a band of stylised quadrupeds surrounding the large filler hole, ribbed handle; a discoid lamp with raised linear decoration, wheel motif to base. [2,]

Provenance

with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0973

Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

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