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LOT 0809
Roman Bronze Spoon with Twisted Shank
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (25 grams, 18 cm).
With slightly dished bowl, shank cast with voids simulating a guilloche, loop finial with pointillé detailing.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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