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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP AND STAND
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP AND STAND
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
The lamp with a wide, flanged edge, bird heads on either side of the long nozzle, a cross surmounting the ring handle surrounded by a spade-shaped volute, terminating in swan heads, the fill-hole with a hinged flat lid centered by a finial in the form of a ciborium, an eagle at the top, with an upturned nozzle, on a ring base with a square socket to accommodate the tapering pricket; the stand with a shallow drip pan on top of a slender knobbed baluster with moldings, supported by three legs with lion-paw feet
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
The lamp with a wide, flanged edge, bird heads on either side of the long nozzle, a cross surmounting the ring handle surrounded by a spade-shaped volute, terminating in swan heads, the fill-hole with a hinged flat lid centered by a finial in the form of a ciborium, an eagle at the top, with an upturned nozzle, on a ring base with a square socket to accommodate the tapering pricket; the stand with a shallow drip pan on top of a slender knobbed baluster with moldings, supported by three legs with lion-paw feet
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
來源
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva, 1973.