Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2812. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Oil lamps] ROMAN. North Africa. Pottery oil lamp. Circa 2nd century AD. Length 12cm. Mold-formed with central motif of a Medusa head with serpents in hair, reeded frame. Potter’s mark MAV RICI in decorated frame on base. Fill hole on discus, tiny vent hole on edge, ring handle. Pinkish-red colored clay with dark brown slip. Choice condition, sharp details.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection.