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Byzantine Oil Lamp - L.1695
Origin: Bethlehem, Israel
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Terracotta
$750.00
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes
at the dawn of the Christian era. A
metaphor for joy and prosperity, for
hope, for life itself, lamps have
illumninated the path of civilization
for centuries. They have guided great
thoughts through the night, stood vigil
with lonely passions. In the presence of
this simple object, we are in touch
directly with a vanished world, with the
people once warmed by its glow. Today it
remains as an enduring symbol of man's
desire to conquer the darkness.
- (L.1695)
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