COLLECTION OF IRON AGE HOLY LAND TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS

Ca. 800 - 500 BC. A collection of three terracotta oil lamps, each of Vessberg Type 1, with a shallow rounded body, broad open basin, and pinched nozzle. The rims are folded inward to frame the filling well. For similar see: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Inventory number 83.AQ.377.451, 83.AQ.377.542. Size: 130-150mm x 130-150mm; Weight: 660g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a South German private collection formed on the European art market during the 1980s–1990s.