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LOT 0901
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Leaves
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (48.7 grams, 83 mm).
Shallow oil lamp with short nozzle flanked by volute scrolls, with an impressed band of leaves around the discus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
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