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LOT 0861
Late Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (50 grams, 81 mm).
Rounded body with large filler hole and lug handle behind; broad shoulder, the rim with a low-relief geometric decoration, elongated nozzle with a low-relief pillar motif; low basal ring. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a late private Dorset, UK, collector.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
See a lamp of similar form and design, dated to 150 B.C. belonging in the Emeritus Collection (no. EF24).
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