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LOT 0720

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 600
EUR (€) 580 - 690
USD ($) 670 - 800

ROMAN BRONZE MEDICAL IMPLEMENTS AND PALETTE
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 6 3/4 in. (332 grams total, 4.8-17 cm).

Comprising: a bowl with incised geometric decoration; a rectangular palette with bevelled edges; knife with single-edged iron blade and decoratively incised pommel; spoon with circular bowl, collared stem with expanded waist and finial formed as a probe; pin with tapering round-section body, shallow conical finial and decoratively incised head; a scoop probe with remains of elongated shallow scoop, expanded neck with collars, slender ribbed stem and bulbous probe to terminal; scoop with leaf-shaped bowl and balustered stem. [7]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

CONDITION
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