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LOT 0743
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp
5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (98 grams, 98 mm).
With a large tongue-shaped filling hole, a wide channel with raised edges running towards the nozzle, the sides with raised palm leaf decoration; the body of the lamp decorated with raised hatched panels and linear decoration; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s.
From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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