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LOT 0847

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE MULTI-SPOUTED OIL LAMP
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (257 grams, 12.6 cm).

With hollow-formed bulbous body, three radiating nozzles each with a leaf-shaped lip, central filler-hole with hinge for a lid (absent), ellipsoid rod handle to the rear with bird-shaped thumb-pad; band of low-relief pseudo-text to the discus. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

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