Roman large pottery oil lamp with moulded decoration

R21

£165.00

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A large brown slip coated pottery oil lamp with a ring shaped handle and moulded decoration around the tondo. The handle is decorated with an unusual barley corn type pattern.

Culture
Roman, 2nd Century AD

Size
6.7 x 14.6 cms

Condition
Surface chipping and some cracks as seen in the photographs

Provenance
Ex. collection: Dr and Mrs Rowland Campion (1888-1971), thence by family descent; the Campion antiquities collection was exhibited at the Australian Institute of Archaeology in 1972. Dr Campion served as a medical officer during World War I, attending some of the worst action including Ypres and the Dardanelles. A 19th Century black ink collection number by the handle “144”

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