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LOT 0713
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
NORTH AFRICA, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (73 grams, 78 mm).
D-shaped in plan and biconvex in section with central vent and low-relief foliage ornament to the shoulder, trapezoidal noxxle; basal disc with incised 'X' within 'V'; old collector's inked number 'C-70'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.OL2; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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