Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp with Concentric Motifs

CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 in. (213 grams, 14 cm).

Large oil lamp with stub handle to the rear, wide rim with concentric rings and lozenges, the discus with concentric triangles and volutes, a low basal ring.

Provenance

From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. for similar examples Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.493, p.353, for the type (Atlante X; Hayes II A).

CONDITION

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