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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]
Provenancewith Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Roman Glass Bottle
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
With dimpled base, flared neck and carinated flange below the mouth, rounded rim. 102 grams, 12.9 cm
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From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
