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LOT 1129
Byzantine Silver Priest's Ladle Pair
CIRCA 10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 - 6 1/2 in. (58.3 grams total, 16.2-16.5 cm).
Each with a shallow discoid bowl and flared rim, round-section shank; one with an integral suspension ring. [2]
ProvenanceEx property of a London gentleman; part of a Mayfair collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Private collection, Suffolk, UK.
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