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Lot no. 28
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PAIR OF BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO RITUAL SPOONS WITH INSCRIPTION 'AURURSCINI'.
Ca. AD 400 - 700.
A pair of silver ritual spoons, each with a drop-shaped bowl joined by a narrow collar to a long tapering handle with a decorative finial. The stem of one spoon thickens at the bowl junction into a rectangular panel bearing a niello inscription reading 'AURURSCINI'.
For similar see: AA.VV., I Traci, Arte e cultura nelle terre di Bulgaria dalle origini fino alla tarda romanità, 1989, fig. 378/10.
Size: 185-195mm x 25-25mm; Weight: 45g
Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the London art market; formerly in the private collection of D. Ruskin, Oxford, 1990s.
This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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