Late Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Boar and Fish

4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 in. (175 grams, 14 cm).

With broad body, elongated nozzle and lug handle to rear; shoulder with rosette, tree and leaf motifs, discus with running boar between two fish; North African workmanship; repaired.

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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