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LOT 1448
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
HOLY LAND, CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 - 3 1/4 in. (176 grams total, 81-84 mm).
Comprising: brown pottery oil lamp with a band of raised decoration around the shoulder, small stub handle to the rear and a cross-shaped maker's mark on the base; grey pottery oil lamp with a large filler hole and a slightly concave base. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx J. Zadok & Sons, 18, King David Road, Jerusalem, Israel.
From the G.H. Freelander collection, formed in the late 1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Accompanied by two previous catalogue information slips.
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LOT 1448
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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