Redware Lamp with Cockerel

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  • Size

    7.5cm(D) x 15cm(L) / 3"(D) x 6"(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

  • Full Description

    Redware Lamp with Rooster

    Hayes type II; Carandini et al. form X A1 a; 5th Century AD

    Redware lamp with glossy slip; The sunken central discus showing stylized cockerel standing right, its body filled with dots and tongues; Motif on shoulder of quatrefoils, hearts in outline filled with dots and concentric diamonds with circles and granules at centre, terminating at either end in pin-wheel. Tapering channel with rounded nozzle and large wick hole; Lug handle.

    cf. Herrmann & Van Den Hoek, 2002, 105.