C002517
Parcel gilt hanging oil lamp with suspension chains
In the shape of a waisted cup on a trumpet-shaped high foot thie lamp is worked in repoussé and partially gilded. In size and decoration this lamp is practically identical to a piece in a private collection suggesting the two were once a pair (see: Spier, J., Treasures of the Ferrell Collection, Wiesbaden, 2010, p.278, cat.198)
Origin
Constantinople or Eastern Mediterranean
Date
Late Roman-Early Christian period, 5th-7th century
Height: 11 cm (lamp); 32.9 cm (incl. susp. Chains)
Weight: 102 g
Provenance
Haddad Brothers (importation document dated Jan 1992)