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LOT 0968
Byzantine Tinned Bronze Apothecary Spoon
6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (6.65 grams total, 76 mm).
With broad bowl and spike handle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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