Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2810. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Oil lamps] ROMAN. North Africa. Pottery oil lamp. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. Length 13cm. Mold-formed with central motif of a harbor scene, possibly Carthage, with city view and two fishermen, one on the quay with a net, the other in a boat. Two vent/fill holes, spatulate spout with volutes, spur handle. Cream colored clay, traces of red slip. Good condition, worn, handle broken. Unusual landscape scene on an oil lamp.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection. Ex Antiqua XI (2002), Lot A22e.