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LOT 0650
Roman Bone Spoon
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (5.96 grams, 10.6 cm).
A bone spoon with a shallow piriform bowl and tapering round-section stem, two concentric V-shaped channels to the bowl reverse; tip of stem lost in antiquity. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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