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LOT 0807
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Foliate Decoration
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (42 grams, 81 mm).
Discoid lamp with low-relief decoration on the shoulder, concentric circles on the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960.
LiteratureCf. Rosenthal, R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, figs.404,406, for the type.
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