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Byzantine Oil Lamps : Oil Lamp with Doves and Grapes
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Oil Lamp with Doves and Grapes - L.2821
Origin: Madaba, Jordan
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Terracotta
$1,200.00
Location: United States
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Decorated with symbols of the early church, this lamp may have lit homes at the dawn of the Christian era. A metaphor of joy and prosperity, for hope, for life itself, lamps have illuminated 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.2821)
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