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Christian Roman Red-Ware Lamp: Chi-RhoAn ancient Early Christian Roman red-ware lamp with the Christogram: Chi-Rho in the center. North African Red-Ware, Terra Sigillata Africana. From the 1st century AD onward, North African red-slip ware production expanded greatly and began to replace Italian Terra Sigillata pottery, and compete with Gallic wares in Southern France. Nova Karthago was the center of production but smaller factories soon cropped up throughout Numidia and Byzacena. Confer: J. W. Hayes, Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery, (London, 1997), p. 63. Formerly in a European private collection. Inv#: 4155 $850 |
