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LOT 0135
Roman Medical Implements and Palette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 6 3/4 in. (332 grams total, 4.8-17 cm).
A copper-alloy medical instrument group 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.
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LOT 0135
Roman Medical Implements and Palette
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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