A ROMAN SILVER SPOON
Circa 300-400 AD. The oval bowl joined to an inscribed disk-shaped ring, the tapering shaft with a pointed terminal separated by a double circular moulding. For similar see The Metropolitan Museum no. 17.191.211. Cf. Kondoleon, C.; Antioch, The Lost Ancient City, Princeton University Press, p. 214, nos. 101-3, for the form.Size: L:200mm / W:40mm ; 30gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery, formerly in NYC collection; previously Edward H. Merrin Gallery Inc., NYC., 1960s.
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Circa 300-400 AD. The oval bowl joined to an inscribed disk-shaped ring, the tapering shaft with a pointed terminal separated by a double circular moulding. For similar see The Metropolitan Museum no. 17.191.211. Cf. Kondoleon, C.; Antioch, The Lost Ancient City, Princeton University Press, p. 214, nos. 101-3, for the form.Size: L:200mm / W:40mm ; 30gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery, formerly in NYC collection; previously Edward H. Merrin Gallery Inc., NYC., 1960s.
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