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A Ptolemaic Frog Type Lamp
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Mould-made, tan buff clay, ovoid body, a small pierced filling hole encircled by a deep groove with sunken discus, the shoulders decorated with palms, radial designs, and a tiny frog towards the splayed nozzle, blackening at wick hole, flat base encircled by a deep groove.

Provenance:
English Art Market, 2003.
Condition:
Intact
References:
Ancient Lamps from the Mediterranean, The Anawati Collection, Vol 1.
Category:
Egyptian
Period:
Greco-Roman
Date:
c. Ptolemaic-Roman, 1st Century B.C.-A.D.
Material:
Terra Cotta
Length:
3 3/8" (8.7cm)
Display Stand:
No
 
 

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