Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp

CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/8 in. (104 grams, 10.6 cm).

Slipper type with a wide nozzle and a raised handle with pellet and ring-and-dot decoration to the rear, three vertical bands behind the handle, a band of pellets surrounding the filler-hole. [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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LOT 1338