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Lot 184*

A Roman bronze horse head oil lamp

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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A Roman bronze horse head oil lamp
Circa 1st Century A.D.
With scrolling foliate details and a round body, the hinged lid to the filler hole in the form of a mask, the thumb-spur in the form of a horse's head, 18cm long

Footnotes

Provenance:
American private collection, Chicago, formed in the 1970s-90s.
With Ron and Noele Mele, New York, circa 1980.

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