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LOT 0578

Roman and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

4TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

3 - 3 1/2 in. (190 grams total, 78-90 mm).

Comprising: a piriform lamp with birds and geometric motifs, low basal ring; a piriform lamp with raised pellets and other motifs; a rounded lamp with short nozzle, low-relief leaves and ring-and-dot motifs within geometric border, a hatched rectangle behind the nozzle, a palm branch underneath the nozzle flanked by crescentic lines and ring-and-dot motifs, raised nipple to base. [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 0578

Roman and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

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

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