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LOT 0429
Egyptian Terracotta Oil Lamp
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-50 B.C.
3 5/8 in. (60 grams, 92 mm).
Rounded body with large filler hole and two pointed lugs on the shoulder, the rim with a low-relief ovolo decoration, elongated nozzle with a low-relief pillar motif; low basal ring.
Provenance
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Młynarczyk, J., Alexandrian and Alexandria-influenced mould-made lamps of the Hellenistic period, Bar International Series 677, Oxford, 1997, pp.54-57, Type G, fig. 67, for the type; a terracotta oil lamp of similar form and design dated to 150 B.C. belongs in the Emeritus Collection (no. EF24).
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