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LOT 0907
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.
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