Lot of 4 Ancient Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamps. Size 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 inches wide. 4 Saucer Shaped Lamps, 3 are 1 Millenium BC, with the fourth with Green Glaze is Islamic Era One is a very rare unlisted type with handle leading to a pool for the oil. Minor chips For Saucer Lamps, see Oil Lamps from Eretz Israel: The Louis and Carmen Warshaw Collection at the Israel Museum Jerusalem by Yael Israeli and Uri Avida, type 3. Provenance: Ex Washington DC Collection, Ex US Foreign Service diplomat John Clayton and JoAnn Clayton-Townsend Collection originally acquired in the Holyland. [Note, for the Islamic piece, the base has “Damascus” in pencil].

minor chips and handle small repair