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LOT 0613

Roman and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (159 grams total, 88-94 mm).

Comprising: a slipper-shaped lamp with low-relief linear decoration; a rounded lamp with large nozzle, a band of omega motifs around the central filler hole; a drum-shaped lamp with low discus with raised double border, short nozzle with ring-and-dot motifs. [3]

Provenance

with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0613

Roman and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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