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LOT 0878
Roman Swallow-Tailed Bronze Spoon
CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (48 grams, 28 cm).
With shallow lenticular bowl, swept handle, swallow-tail finial with notched edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Riha, E. & Stern, W.B., Die Römischen Löffel aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen in Augst 5, Augst, 1982, for discussion.
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