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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Cast with a splayed ring foot and twin nozzles framed by crescentic volutes, the circular fill-hole once with a now-missing hinged lid, the framing moldings with incised and stippled scrolling, the ring handle surmounted by a foliate shaft from which emerges two tapering spirals, each terminating in a biconical finial
10¼ in. (26 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Cast with a splayed ring foot and twin nozzles framed by crescentic volutes, the circular fill-hole once with a now-missing hinged lid, the framing moldings with incised and stippled scrolling, the ring handle surmounted by a foliate shaft from which emerges two tapering spirals, each terminating in a biconical finial
10¼ in. (26 cm.) long
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's, New York, 8 December 1995, lot 314.
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