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THBLot of 3 Near Eastern Pottery Oil Lamps, ex Bonhams
Lot 64
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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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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Byzantine to Islamic period, ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A fine gathering of three mold-formed pottery oil lamps from the Byzantine to Islamic periods. First is a petite Byzantine lamp with an incised sun radiating on the base, a tab-shaped handle, and a central fill hole surrounded by concentric rows of impressed stippling. Second is a Byzantine lamp of a red-orange hue with a bisected fretted motif on the base, a bifurcated handle, and char marks on the wick spout indicative of use. The largest lamp is Islamic in origin and has a raised star beneath the foot, a petite handle, and a tapered wick spout. A fine gathering from the ancient Near East! Size of largest (Islamic): 3.8" L x 2.7" W (9.7 cm x 6.9 cm).
Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; [red-orange lamp w/ char marks] ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 96 [third row, far right]); ex-private English collection, formed in the 1970s, thence acquired by descent
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#138748Smallest lamp has restoration to underside of body. Second lamp has restoration to upper tip of handle, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines and new material. Largest lamp has loss to areas of handle, fill hole rim, and wick spout. All vessels have softening to finer details, light encrustations, minor chips and abrasions, and fading to original pigmentation, with the two largest having char marks along wick spouts. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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