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LOT 1175
Levant 'Cocked Hat' and Pinched Oil Lamp Group
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 - 6 1/4 in. (733 grams total, 11.6-16 cm).
Group of three oil lamps, each hemispherical with pinched and folded profile. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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