Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp with Raised Handle

CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (62.6 grams, 10.6 cm).

Comprising a piriform body with low-relief linear and ring-and-dot decoration, a tall handle with a forked finial at the rear, and a low basal ring. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.

CONDITION

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