NORTH AFICAN TERRA CHIARA XP OILLAMP

NORTH AFICAN TERRA CHIARA XP OILLAMP

Central relief of a XP monogram, a Christogram, as the symbol of Christ being the two first Greek letters of his name; around, a band of alternating appliques of roundels and triangles.

Ex priv. coll. J.G., Netherlands, acq. PAN 2004 from Kunsthandel Zilverberg no. 150
L. 11,5 cm. Intact

4th – 5th cent. AD

Cf. J.J. Hermann/A. vd Hoek, Light from the Age of Augustine, Harvard Divinity School 2002, no. 52