CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GROUP OF ROMAN POTTERY LAMPS
CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Including one moulded with bird and vase on a vine leaf, 8.8 cm. long; another with a piriform amphora; a North African lamp with Chi Rho symbol and border of rosettes and palmettes; another similar with female profile head, 11.5 cm. long max.; four other lamps, one with an Emperor in profile to the right and inscription 'IMPERATOR AVITELIUS', the base ink inscribed, probably not ancient, 9.7 cm. long max.; and a group of miniature pottery vessels (18)
CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Including one moulded with bird and vase on a vine leaf, 8.8 cm. long; another with a piriform amphora; a North African lamp with Chi Rho symbol and border of rosettes and palmettes; another similar with female profile head, 11.5 cm. long max.; four other lamps, one with an Emperor in profile to the right and inscription 'IMPERATOR AVITELIUS', the base ink inscribed, probably not ancient, 9.7 cm. long max.; and a group of miniature pottery vessels (18)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
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Julia de Jong
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