Description: RARE ANCIENT BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP A lovely example Dimensions: Weight - 32.5 Grams Size - 7.5x5 cm A lamp such as this might have lit homes at the dawn of the Christian era. A metaphor of joy and prosperity, for hope, for life itself, lamps have illuminated the path of civilization for centuries. They have guided great thoughts through the night, stood vigil with lonely passions. In the presence of this simple object, we are in touch directly with a vanished world, with the people once warmed by its glow. Today it remains as an enduring symbol of man's desire to conquer the darkness. Age: 400-600 AD Provenance: Previously in a European collection formed in the 1980s
Price: 103 GBP
Location: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
End Time: 2024-12-31T20:16:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.07 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Antique: Yes
Type: Lamp
Original/Repro: Original
Material: Terracotta
Age: Pre-1800
