Hellenistic oil lamp from old German collection
€400
available
Object number
AR3331-02
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Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Grey clay with black slip and sand patina
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| Date: |
Late 2nd - 1st century B.C. Hellenistic period |
| Description: |
Circular body, biconical in profile. Several fine small ridges around the filling hole. Long pointed nozzle, merging with body, with flat ridge on top. Relief decoration on shoulder consisting of rhombuses, lines of large dots and line patterns. On the nozzle ridge V-shaped pattern, possibly utilized flower or bundle of twigs.>br>
With base.
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| Size: |
Length 97 mm, width 58 mm, height 25 mm
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| Condition: |
Almost perfectly preserved, undamaged, only minor surface wear. Nice sand patina.
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| Reference: |
Hayes, Ancient lamps in the Royal Ontario Museum I: Greek and Roman clay lamps (1980) Nr. 55;57
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 at a German auction house. Ex F. Pladeck collection, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, acquired before 1970.
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| Authenticity: |
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