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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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