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LOT 1304
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, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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