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LOT 0706

Roman Redware Oil Lamp

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 in. (168 grams, 14 cm).

Squat lamp with broad body, shallow discus with raised ribbing, stub nozzle, flange handle to rear with piercing; part of sidewall absent. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.27.94.15.

CONDITION
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LOT 0706

Roman Redware Oil Lamp

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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