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LOT 0741

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.

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LOT 0741

Roman and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £293

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