CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE BRONZE LAMP ON STAND
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
The lamp on flaring base, with octagonal nozzle, the handle of double-rod form, rising from leaf-shaped sprig on the body, curling round in a volute shape, the two tendrils joining together in the middle with a cross-shaped terminal, the base with a square socket to accomodate the pricket, the stand supported by three feet
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Germany; acquired in the 1990s.

Exhibited

Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Munich, Rom und Byzanz, Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, 20 October 1998 - 14 February 1999.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
L. Wamser and G. Zahlhaas, eds., Rom und Byzanz, Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, no. 78.

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