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LOT 0750
Roman Silver Ladle with Beast Finial
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (10 in.) (70 grams, 22.5 cm (317 grams total, 25.5 cm including stand)).
With broad bowl and in-turned rim, square-section long handle looped at the end with a beast-head finial; repaired and in two pieces with a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975, items 40-3.
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LOT 0750
Roman Silver Ladle with Beast Finial
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£333 (EUR 387; USD 450) ‡+BP*
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