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LOT 0769
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Lamp Collection
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 - 4 in. (337 grams total, 8.9-10.1 cm).
Comprising five oil lamps including slipper and discoid types with shaped ledge handles, each decorated with raised geometric motifs composed largely of pellets and plain lines. [5]
Provenance
Ex Y.M. collection, Tiberias, Israel.
Private Swiss collection.
Literature
Cf. De Vincenz, A., ‘Ceramic Vessels and Oil Lamps from the Burial Cave at ‘En Lavan, Nahal Refa’im’ in Atiqot, 98, 2020, pp.103-122, fig.8, for similar.
Footnotes
Some authors suggest that these 'candlestick' lamps were produced in or around Jerusalem: this has been confirmed by the discovery of a lamp workshop at Zuba, in which large candlestick lamps with a radiating pattern and their moulds were found. Based on evidence from the City of David and the Jewish Quarter, these lamps begin to appear in the mid-6th century and continue throughout the 7th century A.D.
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LOT 0769
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Lamp Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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