In fact, basic Greek or Roman pottery oil lamps shaped, perhaps, as a heart or a sandal, can be picked up at auction for £150 or so.
Two lighting pieces at the autumn sales are illustrated here (see captions for more details).
If bidders were to be lured to the ageless aspect of antiquities, one might think that a lamp which first lit the darkness two millennia ago would be hard to resist.
In fact, basic Greek or Roman pottery oil lamps shaped, perhaps, as a heart or a sandal, can be picked up at auction for £150 or so.
Two lighting pieces at the autumn sales are illustrated here (see captions for more details).