A Byzantine iridescent stemmed glass lamp, 6th...
A Byzantine iridescent stemmed glass lamp, 6th century or later, made in thick yellowish-green glass with a tapering body and pushed-in solid stem that has created a protrusion on the bottom of the body, 15cm high, 7.5cm diam Provenance: Christie's New York, Antiquities, 4 June 2008, Lot 159; Archeologie, Arts Asiatiques, Art Precolombien, Collin du Bocage, Paris, 19th December 2012, Lot 141 Note: These stemmed glass lamps were designed to be supported in a polycandelon, mostly made of bron
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A Byzantine iridescent stemmed glass lamp, 6th century or later, made in thick yellowish-green glass with a tapering body and pushed-in solid stem that has created a protrusion on the bottom of the body, 15cm high, 7.5cm diam Provenance: Christie's New York, Antiquities, 4 June 2008, Lot 159; Archeologie, Arts Asiatiques, Art Precolombien, Collin du Bocage, Paris, 19th December 2012, Lot 141 Note: These stemmed glass lamps were designed to be supported in a polycandelon, mostly made of bron