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LOT 0534
Greek Terracotta Cocked Hat Oil Lamp
CYPRUS, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (85 grams, 12.1 cm).
Wide, shallow body with folded rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Oxfordshire, UK, by direct descent from the collection of Judge George Cyril Griffith-Williams (1893-1983), Supreme Court Judge of the Colony of Cyprus; items having been collected in the 1930s and 1940s in Cyprus during his tenure there.
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