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LOT 1179
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (110 grams, 94 mm).
Piriform body with raised edge to the filler hole and low-relief linear decoration on the body, the base with a rosette. [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.562, for the type.
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