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A terracotta 'slipper' oil lamp with raised handle with an animal's head terminal at the rear, with possibly ram's or goat's horns. The discus is richly ornamented with a variety of circles, crooks, straight lines.

 

Eastern Mediterranean: Circa 7th-early 8th century BC.

 

Complete and intact; with accretions. A little blackening around the nozzle from use.

Length 6.9 cms (2.7 ins).

 

Provenance: From a private Israeli collection 1990's For an almost identical type, see Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451652

Early Islamic decorated slipper oil lamp

SKU: K886
£125.00Price
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