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LOT 0710
Romano-Jewish Terracotta Oil Lamp with Seven Spouts
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (238 grams, 13 cm).
Hollow-formed tongue-shaped lamp with chamfered sides, loop handle, large filler hole; low-relief rosette and other ornament to the discus, chamfered forward edge with seven nozzles.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
The lamp was probably a variant on the menorah with seven separate lights from a single source.
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