COLLECTION OF GREEK AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS WITH …

Lot no. 822

Estimate: £150 - £300

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

COLLECTION OF GREEK AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS WITH MOULDED DECORATION. Ca. 100 BC - AD 600. A collection of three terracotta oil lamps, including, from left to right: a pear-shaped lamp with a high stump handle, a central filling hole within a single moulded ring, a short tubular nozzle with round wick hole, and an underside stamped with a quincunx of ring-and-dot impressions in a circular recess; an oil lamp with circular shoulder framed by a moulded ring, a long narrow tubular nozzle with round wick hole, and a plain base; a circular lamp with pointed rear lug, the shoulder moulded with rows of pellets, the filling hole within a raised ring and the base with a circular recess. For similar see: K. De Rosa, Roman Ceramic Oil Lamps in the Museum of Ancient Cultures: A Typological and Compositional Analysis, Fig. 73-74 MU 3714 Size: 25-50mm x 110-115mm; Weight: 260g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1990s UK Ancient art collection.

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