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LOT 1140
Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (180 grams total, 84-88 mm).
Comprising: a discoid lamp with low-relief branch motif surrounding the filler hole; a piriform lamp with a channel connecting the filler hole and nozzle, a low relief scene of a hound chasing a hare on both side of the filler hole, the base with a spoked wheel motif. [2]
Provenancewith Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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LOT 1140
Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
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. 195 grams total, 9.6-10.1 cm
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Christian 'Jacobs Ladder' Terracotta Pilgrim's Token
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Plano-convex in section with impressed design of a nimbate figure standing beside a ladder with a levitating winged angel at the side, all within a pelletted border. 13.4 grams, 33 mm
Ex important Christian collection, 1970s. -
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Pendant Cross
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Enkolpion with hinged barrel-shaped loop; incised nimbate figure to each face in orans pose within a decorative border. 109 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.
