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CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GROUP OF BYZANTINE BRONZE LAMPS
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
Including one with handle in the form of two acanthus stems arching forwards, with scrolling tips surmounted by a cross, lid missing, 12.5 cm. high; two stemmed lamps, with oblong handles surmounted by birds, 13.5 cm. high max.; another with leaf-shaped thumbspur and scallop shell hinged lid, 9.5 cm. high; a hanging lamp with three volute nozzles, and three attachment projections, 17 cm. diam.; and two other lamps, probably not ancient (7)
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
Including one with handle in the form of two acanthus stems arching forwards, with scrolling tips surmounted by a cross, lid missing, 12.5 cm. high; two stemmed lamps, with oblong handles surmounted by birds, 13.5 cm. high max.; another with leaf-shaped thumbspur and scallop shell hinged lid, 9.5 cm. high; a hanging lamp with three volute nozzles, and three attachment projections, 17 cm. diam.; and two other lamps, probably not ancient (7)
Provenance
Collected by Mrs Elias-Vaes between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
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