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Hellenistic Oil Lamp - L.0245
Origin: Jerusalem, Israel
Circa: 300
BC
to 100
BC
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Greek
Medium: Terracotta
$500.00
Location: United States
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Description |
A lamp such as this might have lit homes
during the flower of the Classical age.
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.0245)
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