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LOT 0885
Roman Bronze Duck-Headed Ladle
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 in. (208 grams, 26.5 cm).
With broad bowl and inturned rim, D-section handle, with one remaining hooked duck-head finial.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975, items 40-3.
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