Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2811. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Oil lamps] ROMAN. North Africa. Pottery oil lamp. Circa 2nd century AD. Length 11.5cm. Mold-formed with central motif of Zeus standing left, holding thunderbolt over altar, framed in laurel. Circular impressed mark in the field- a potter’s mark? Fill hole on discus, tiny vent hole on edge, ring handle. Gray-brown colored clay with dark brown slip. Good condition, handle chipped.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection.