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Ancient Near East Pottery Oil Lamp w/ Pinched Spout

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Ancient Near East Pottery Oil Lamp w/ Pinched Spout

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Description

Ancient Near East, Holy Land / Levant, Late Bronze Age, ca. late 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery oil lamp of an open form with a rough yet stable foot and a deeply pinched wick spout. The basin walls flare upwards to keep the oil within the basin, and a wick would have been placed within the pinched spout to soak up the oil before being lit. Size: 7.1" L x 6" W x 2.875" H (18 cm x 15.2 cm x 7.3 cm)

Provenance: private C.Q. collection, Lexington, Virginia, USA

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Condition

Repair to area of rim on verso with small chips and very light adhesive residue along break lines. Chips and abrasions to rim and body, with a few stable pressure fissures within basin as well as on underside of foot, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and overall form.

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Ancient Near East Pottery Oil Lamp w/ Pinched Spout

Name: Ancient Near East Pottery Oil Lamp w/ Pinched Spout
SKU: 131014071
Price: 175 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $350 - $525

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