Roman Ovoid Lamp with Annular Decoration

HOLY LAND, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/4 in. (59 grams, 81 mm).

Low body with a large filler hole and ribbed thumb-pad, the body decorated with low-relief annulets. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s.
Ex private West County, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Rosenthal R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, no.450, p.111, for the type.

CONDITION

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