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LOT 1167
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp with Expanding Cross
HOLY LAND, CIRCA 5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (73 grams, 85 mm).
Stub handle to the rear, the body decorated with pellets and diagonal strokes, an expanding cross on the nozzle, flanked by two rosettes. [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.460, p.114, for the type.
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LOT 1167
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp with Expanding Cross
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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