PAIR OF BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO RITUAL SPOONS WITH INSCR…

Lot no. 28

Estimate: £1,200 - £2,000

Sale date : 11/29/2025 at 2:00 PM

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Archaeology and Antiquities

Description

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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