Byzantine Oil Lamp with Lid 5th-7th century A.D. A copper-alloy oil lamp composed of a squat body with large circular nozzle, hinged lid with domed and collared knop in high-relief, openwork handle formed with two stems uniting to form a comma-shaped terminal with cross finial, splayed foot; square-section socket to base for mounting on a lamp stand. Cf. Gökalp, Z.D., ‘Some examples of Byzantine bronze lamps in Turkish Museums’ in Actes du 1er Congres International d’etudes sur le Luminaire Antique (Nyon-Geneve, 29.IX-4.X.2003), Monographies Instrumentum 31, (2005), pp. 69-71, fig.7, pl.30. 290 grams, 15.5 cm wide (6 1/8 in.). Ex private collection, acquired 1970-1980s; thence by descent. Private collection, since 1998. The specimen belongs to the group of lamps with flattened spherical shaped body, which had a number of variations in the design of the nozzle, handle, lid and base. In the most common form, like here, the body is heightened towards the front to form the nozzle. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price