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LOT 0896
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.
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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