Antiquities

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EIGHT ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
1st Millennium B.C. to 8th Century A.D.
Including a Bronze Age pinched oil lamp, three Roman oil lamps
decorated with an eagle, a bear and a theatre mask, and four Byzantine
examples, one a miniature lamp, 5cm-11cm long (8)
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Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London,
formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£100-£200
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SIX ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
Circa 4th-8th Century A.D.
Four examples with molded decoration on the tondo, including one with
a chi-rho cross, a date palm tree, a bunch of grapes, and geometric
motifs, together with two more plain oil lamps, 12cm-15cm long (6)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London,
formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£250-£350
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A GREEK BLACK GLAZED THISTLE MUG
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
With flaring mouth and loop handle, 10cm high
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Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch
nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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TWO GREEK BLACK GLAZED DISHES
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
Both on raised foot, the larger example with scalloped decoration
around the rim, 11.5cm diam; the other one with ribbed rim and
stamped rosette at the centre of the interior, 8.3cm diam
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch
nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE VESSEL FRAGMENT
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Showing the lower section of legs from three different figures, one pair
partially covered by a tunic, a band of rays emanating from below,
16.5cm long
Provenance: English private collection, acquired on the Paris art market
in the 1980s.
£80-£120
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