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LOT 1112
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp with Chevrons
HOLY LAND, CIRCA 5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (60 grams, 93 mm).
Lug handle to the rear, band of herringbone pattern around the filler hole, the nozzle with a sunburst motif flanked by ring-and-dot motifs; low basal ring with a central pellet. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s.
Ex private West County, UK, collection.
Cf. Rosenthal R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, no.519, p.126, for the type (Elgavish type 56).
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