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LOT 1355
Byzantine Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (17.4 grams, 42.5 mm).
An amphora-shaped body with bands of pellet-in-triangle motifs, two loop handles. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Byzantine Bronze Marriage Ring Depicting Two Facing Portraits
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UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Slipper-shaped in plan with spike handle, raised rim to the filler hole, broad shoulder with raised radiating bars, stub nozzle, low basal ring, with inked inscription to verso which reads: '11-6-1963 / Front the old / ROMAN CITY / SEBASTIA / SAMARIA'. 83 grams, 89 mm
From a late Hampshire gentleman's collection, formed from the 1960s.
The shape of the lamp is similar to that of the candlestick-type lamps. The form of the channel and the handle point to a late date, i.e., the end of the 7th or the beginning of the 8th century A.D. -
Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Piriform body with short nozzle and a stub handle on the rear, raised linear decoration on the body, base with a sunwheel motif. 100 grams, 89 mm
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
