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LOT 0841
Large Roman Bronze Skillet
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
14 1/8 in. (352 grams, 35.8 cm).
With a deep bowl, everted rim with a rounded lip, flat-section handle with lateral spurs and oval finial. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
See The Walters Art Museum, accession number 57.2103, for similar.
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