Romano-Jewish Terracotta Multinozzle Oil Lamp

HOLY LAND, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (150 grams, 10.3 cm).

High body with a large filler hole and nine oval spouts surrounding, a large U-shaped handle to the rear, inked collector's number '410' on the underside.

Provenance

Ex important German collection, 1960-1990.

Literature

See Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.574, p.420, for type.

CONDITION

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