A Byzantine Bronze Lamp in the Form of a Peacock , circa 5th Century A.D.

seated with feet drawn up underneath and finely engraved tail feathers tapering to the nozzle, with hinged palmette-shaped cover and Maltese cross suspended on the gracefully arched neck, the feathered crest missing.

Mathias Komor, New York
Christos G. Bastis Collection, New York (Sotheby's, New York, June 23rd, 1989, no. 174, illus.)

Good except for the missing crest on the top of the head and some chips and holes/casting flaws in the nozzle area. The separately cast tenon underneath, for insertion into a candelabrum, is now attached inside the socket with glue.
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For two related examples see The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Handbook of the Collections, Kansas City, 1959, p. 58.