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THBLate Roman / Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp w/ Crucifix
Lot 95
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Holy Land, late Roman Imperial Period to early Byzantine Empire, ca. mid-5th to 7th century CE. A beautiful cast-bronze oil lamp of an elegant, slender form with a protruding discoid foot, a slipper-shaped body with a carinated midsection and a tilted shoulder, a raised rim surrounding the fill hole, a thick ring handle, a cruciform thumb rest with several circular impressions, and a broad wick spout with a gently sloped lip. Two perforated flanges above the fill hole once held a petite lid, and two additional flanges on the neck and cruciform thumb rest enabled the suspension of the lamp when lit. Mottled layers of green and brown patina have formed across the entire composition. Size: 5.6" L x 2" W x 2.75" H (14.2 cm x 5.1 cm x 7 cm)
Some scholars have noted that bronze lamps, with their increased cost over pottery lamps, were most likely a kind of heirloom, and were also probably reserved for the richest households. Bronze lamps, which have been theorized to remain in a family for at least three generations because of their expense before being recast could also have additions added to them - like crosses or new lids - to suit changing styles. This particular type of lamp proved popular, and several production centers for the style arose. Ultimately, they were distributed widely throughout the Eastern Roman Empire, reaching Asia Minor, Morocco, and even Central Europe.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Janet Zakos collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s
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#153160Original fill hole lid missing. Restoration to tops of one fill hole flange and flange on cruciform thumb rest, with resurfacing along new material and break lines. Abrasions and minor pitting to base, body, wick spout, handle, and thumb rest, with encrustations within neck, and softening to some impressed details. Nice earthen deposits and wonderful patina throughout.Condition
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