Estimate: $400 - $600
Price Realized: $565 Includes buyer's premium
An extensive collection of ancient and style terracotta oil lamps and vessels comprises one example mounted on a custom stepped wooden plinth with an attached stringed Christie's auction tag together with various unmounted ovoid pitchers, pinched-spout lamps, and decorative baseline specimens displaying relief-carved geometric and foliate motifs.
Terracotta, earthenware, and wood
tallest: 5 1/2 inches
From a Washington DC Collection
Fair to good stable condition; widespread surface weathering, typical minor structural losses to the rims, localized mineral encrustations, and an auction inventory label to the base of one piece.
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Condition reports are based on visual inspection by the Capsule team under typical office lighting. Unless otherwise noted, items are not examined under UV light in advance of sale. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. Remember, all lots are previously owned and all sales are final. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot.
Art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated. Frames, lampshades, or items described as “supplementary” are not considered integral to the value of the lot and are excluded from condition assessments. This includes any mat, mounting, glazing, hanging apparatus, case, box, or stand. Timepiece movements, lighting elements and items with mechanical or electrical components have not been thoroughly tested and are not covered under warranty by Capsule.
