371, Lot: 1276. Estimate $150. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Early Christian terra cotta oil lamp. Roman North Africa, 4th-5th centuries AD. Fish in center, various ornaments around shoulders.
Length: 13.9cm. A few cracks around filling holes, long crack down one side. Cf. N. Adler,
Oil lamps of the Holy Land: The Adler Collection (2004), no. 979 for type.
From the Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.