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LOT 1330
Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (100 grams, 89 mm).
Piriform body with short nozzle and a stub handle on the rear, raised linear decoration on the body, base with a sunwheel motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
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