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LOT 1111

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1111

Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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