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LOT 1287
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, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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