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LOT 0612
Roman 'Thurburbo Major' Terracotta Oil Lamp
NORTHERN TUNISIA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (140 grams, 10.8 cm).
Shallow body with a D-shaped handle at the rear, the edge with a vine-leaf border, two filler holes at the centre flanking a profile bust; an old label at the base reading 'Roman redware terracotta lamp excavated at Thurburbo Major c. 3rd-4th cent AD'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from Vanessa Purcell & Company, Manchester, UK, in 1993.
From the collection of Mr & Mrs J.G.W. Lee, late Herefordshire collectors, their collection having been established from the 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of an original sales receipt.
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