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LOT 0853
Roman Bronze Medical Blood-Letting Vessel
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (78 grams, 86 mm).
Made from thin sheet bronze with small disc base, carination to the sidewall, scooped neck.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
A 'bleeding-cup' which was used by physicians for drawing blood from their patients.
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