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LOT 0733
Roman Bronze Animal-Headed Ladle
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (147 grams, 25 cm).
With broad bowl featuring two spurs to the rim flanking the junction with the handle, carinated band below the rim, concentric rings to the base; flat-section handle with gussets to the edges and rear, hooked ibex-head finial.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975, items 40-3, for ladles with similar animal-head finials; cf. also Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, pp.168-169, for similar specimens.
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LOT 0733
Roman Bronze Animal-Headed Ladle
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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