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LOT 1546
Stone Oil Lamp Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 - 5 1/4 in. (895 grams total, 11.7-13.4 cm).
Group comprising: hand-carved stone zoomorphic oil lamp in the form of an animal (possibly a bear); a stone oil lamp decorated with flowers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Tonbridge private ethnographical collection.
From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
The vessels are hollowed out allowing it to serve as both fill hole and wick and the body is decorated with dot and circle and stylised plant incisions.
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