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LOT 1149
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp with Stub Handle
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (73 grams, 84 mm).
Small lamp with linear decoration on the shoulder, tapering handle to the rear and low basal ring. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960.
LiteratureCf. Rosenthal, R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, fig.540, for the type.
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