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LOT 1357
Large Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (207 grams, 13.4 cm).
Piriform oil lamp with small filler hole and a loop handle to the rear, low-relief linear decoration on the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
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