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LOT 0906

Byzantine Stone Oil Lamp

6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (91 grams, 97 mm).

Carved slipper-type lamp with its raised triangular-section handle, central socket and short D-shaped nozzle; possibly a stylised bird.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Lighfoot, C.S., The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art - Terracotta Oil Lamps, cat.430, p.325, for type.

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LOT 0906

Byzantine Stone Oil Lamp

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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