TWO BLACK PAINT OIL LAMPS DATE: V-IVsec. a.. C. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: beige clay, glossy black paint, modeled by fast lathe. Oil lamp with low cylindrical tank, rounded shoulder, vertical handle; hole surrounded by a raised rim; elongated spout; almost flat bottom and another Attic oil lamp with low flattened truncated cone tank; wide infundibulum in the center; elongated spout; flat bottom; horizontal handle. PRODUCTION: Apulian black glazed pottery STATE OF CONSERVATION: intact DIMENSIONS: h. cm 4 and cm 5; length cm 11,5 and cm 12 ORIGIN: private collection in Turin The lot, according to Italian law, is not exportable / This lot, according to Italian law, can not be exported

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