Byzantine Stone Oil Lamp. 6th-10th century A.D. Carved slipper-type lamp with its raised triangular-section handle, central socket and short D-shaped nozzle; possibly a stylised bird. Cf. Lighfoot, C.S., The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art - Terracotta Oil Lamps, cat.430, p.325, for type. 91 grams, 97 mm (3 3/4 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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