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Copper-Alloy Lamp With Lampstand

Unknown Artist

Copper-alloy lamp with lampstand, an openwork handle of fine workmanship in the form of a double twisted rod and a small cross. Lamps of this type, without Christian symbols, are found from Roman times on. 6th-7th c.

6th-7th c.

Copper

0.43m

GE 11510

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