A pair of red and white terracotta oil lamps. Byzantine Period. Early Christian. 5th-7th centuries AD.

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Lot: 621. Estimated: $ 500

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Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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A pair of red and white terracotta oil lamps. Byzantine Period. Early Christian. 5th-7th centuries AD. (10.6 and 8.5 cm) A pair of molded oil lamps with Christian symbols and border decorations. On the red lamp, a large handle with a cross flows into a large central body with dotted borders. The nozzle has a single central hole and evidence of burn marks. The bottom foot is unmarked and simple. The white lamp has a small handle and a very large central area with v-chevron borders surrounding a central hole. A small cross rests just above a pseudo-nozzle with a second piercing. On the bottom, an Alpha, star pattern in the foot, and a tree forward on the lamp. Intact and VF, deposits present. Website shipping rates do not apply.

Purchased by the consignor from Potomac Hills Antiquities (12 September 2018); Raja Fouad Tarazi, 1981/2.


Closing Date and Time: 30 November 2022 at 13:26:40 ET.

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