Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Geometric Patterns

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

5 5/8 in. (165 grams, 14.3 cm).

Large oil lamp with unpierced handle, the discus with two filler holes and a floral motif composed of five petals and five lozenge-shaped motifs, the shoulder with wave decoration, a low basal ring. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Rosenthal, R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, fig.300 (variant Hayes type IB and II).

CONDITION

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