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LOT 0971
Late Roman Red Ware Oil Lamp with Chi Rho
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (174 grams, 13.8 cm).
Broad body with lug handle at the rear, shoulder with a border of rosettes and stars, two filler holes to discus flanking a Christogram with annulet detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent, with collector's reference no.A37.
LiteratureSee Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos.493-500, p.35, for type.
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