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LOT 0650
Roman Bronze Skillet
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
13 in. (387 grams, 33 cm wide).
With a deep bowl and convex base, everted rim with a rounded lip; with restored flat-section handle with oval finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed in the 1970s-1980s.
From the Inglismaldie Castle estate, Angus, Scotland, by descent to the current owner.
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