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LOT 0879
Romano-British Black-Glazed 'Scutum' Type Oil Lamp
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (245 grams, 19 cm).
Horn-shaped body with slender nozzle, triangular-section body and broad discoid end, socketted and with three holes; strap handle above, ellipsoid base below, raised starburst motif to the upper face; old collector's number to underside '48.57.130'; extremely rare. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Winchester before WWII.
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Helios Gallery, Winchester, in 2011.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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