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Nice Syro-Palestinian Oil Lamp, Holy Land browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives:Regional Art:Ancient World:Roman: Pre AD 1000: Item # 313677
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Oil lamps are among the most collectible of ancient artifacts for those on a budget. Unfortunately, their low prices sometimes call into question their authenticity, probably because decades of Indiana Jones movies have erroneously taught us that all antiquities are immensely rare and one of a kind. This, fortunately, is not the case! Oil lamps are a good example. For thousands of years, literally every person from the smallest child to the wealthiest ruler would have owned at least one oil lamp to facilitate getting around in a world that predated electricity by millennia. This results in an enormous variety and quantity of intact, genuine oil lamps that are still available today at reasonable prices. This lamp is a good example. Produced in modern-day Syria or Palestine, this is a classic example of a popular and mass-produced style of lamp that is characterized by an emphasis on vegetal motifs and an absence of narrative and other unique touches. This particular lamp features a nice rosette image on the disc with a palmette-like tapered handle. See Djuric, Ancient Lamps from the Mediterranean, Catalog 1, p. 57-58 for similar examples.
AGE: 2nd-3rd century A.D. CONDITION: Overall good with chipping around the nozzle that does not detract from the attractive modeling of the body. DIMENSIONS: About 4" long |
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