PAIR OF BACTRIAN STONE OIL LAMPS DECORATED
Ca. 1000 - 500 BC.
A pair Bactrian grey stone oil lamps, unusual and large. Carved from a single block of grey schist. Oil lamps like this held animal tallow or olive oil and would have had a fabric wick emerging from the front. One of the lamps has the spout incised with an animal, most likely a lizard.
Size: 120-130mm x 60-65mm; Weight: 385g
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
