10th-12th century AD. A bronze piriform oil lamp with flange rim to the nozzle, pelta-shaped spurs to the shoulders, hinged lid with lion-mask and aviform handle, loop handle to the reverse with openwork leaf-shaped reflector, basal ring and central square socket. 347 grams total, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. [No Reserve]