Lot Essay
Item one: cf. H. von Ludwig Wamser and G. Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz, Munich, 1998, p. 133, no. 149 for the type; and p. 126, nos. 132-133 for similar plate fragments with the Chi-Rho monogram.
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LATE 3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LATE ROMAN RED SLIP WARE POTTERY LAMP
LATE 3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The pierced discus moulded with a bearded male bust in relief, wearing broad collar, framed by multiple grooves, with ring handle; a similar Early Christian lamp with retrograde Chi-Rho monogram bordered by dotted columns and vine scrolls, long canal nozzle, both 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long; and twelve Early Christian red slip ware pottery plate fragments, eleven with an impressed Chi-Rho monogram and one with a frieze of sheep, four repaired, 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) long max., all circa 5th-6th Century A.D. (14)
LATE 3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The pierced discus moulded with a bearded male bust in relief, wearing broad collar, framed by multiple grooves, with ring handle; a similar Early Christian lamp with retrograde Chi-Rho monogram bordered by dotted columns and vine scrolls, long canal nozzle, both 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long; and twelve Early Christian red slip ware pottery plate fragments, eleven with an impressed Chi-Rho monogram and one with a frieze of sheep, four repaired, 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) long max., all circa 5th-6th Century A.D. (14)
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