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LOT 0167
Byzantine Bronze Cooking Cauldron with Lidded Container for Steaming
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (406 grams, 16 cm high).
Composed of a hemispherical body and piriform lid with flange to the equator, hollow-formed lid and base with foot and removeable balustered finial with discoid cap to apex; body with two leaf-shaped plaques with loops to support the articulate round-section handle; body and lid decorated with dense feather or leaf detailing; very rare to find as complete.
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent.
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LOT 0167
Byzantine Bronze Cooking Cauldron with Lidded Container for Steaming
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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