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LOT 1988
Persian Fruit Wood Sherbet Spoons
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 - 8 3/8 in. (24 grams total, 18-21.4 cm).
Three carved wooden spoons comprising: one with scaphoid bowl and openwork handle with tulip-shaped flowers and foliage; one with shallow scooped bowl, openwork handle with looped tendrils; one with scaphoid bowl and rectangular handle with chip-carved detailing, black and red ornament. [3]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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