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Description : Roman, North Africa, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A mold-formed redware pottery oil lamp of a sizable form with a circular base, rounded walls, a planar shoulder, a tab-shaped handle, a narrow fill hole, a wide neck channel, and a large wick spout. The shoulders are impressed with a repeating, interlocking curvilinear motif with small raised dots in the ovoid centers. The slightly-recessed tondo bears a series of drooping horseshoe-shaped forms connected to one another, and a slender ring around the fill hole bears small concentric circles and six pointed triangles. A lovely example from the furthest reaches of the Roman Empire! Size: 5.125 L x 3 W x 2.125 H (13 cm x 7.6 cm x 5.4 cm). Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA, ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 96), ex-private English collection, formed in the 1970s, thence by descent All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #138727
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