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LOT 1485
Multi-Spouted Terracotta Oil Lamp
20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 3/4 in. (811 grams, 30 cm).
With basal ring and hollow body, hexagonal in plan with raised sidewall enclosing a broad discus with three separate filler-holes; five radiating stub nozzles, the largest opposite the reflector with loop handle to the underside and high-relief bearded mask. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Literature
Cf. similar item of Roman date recovered from the excavations at Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan) by The Yale-British School Excavations and now in the Yale University Art Gallery under accession no.1939.284.
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