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LOT 0792
Late Roman Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (157 grams total, 10.2 cm each).
Each comprising a slipper-shaped hollow-formed piriform body with low-relief hatching to the discus, handle formed as a canine head with pricked ears. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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