Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2817. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Oil lamps] ROMAN. North Africa. Pottery redware oil lamp. Circa 350-425 AD. Length 14cm. Mold-formed with pottery appliques on discus and shoulder, the central motif of the Lamb of God with a palm branch. Shoulder with eight quatrefoils (I5), six arches (L5), two central elements from the arches. Two vent/fill holes, spur handle. Cf. Ennabili 440. Good condition, sharp central impression, whitish encrustation, small hole in base.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection. Ex Antiqua IX (2000), Lot A12d.