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LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EAST GREEK SILVER SPOON
LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The oval bowl with flanged sides, the handle shaft in the form of a leaping lion, its forepaws joined to the rim of the bowl, the details of the mane and the musculature finely incised, the tail extended along the length of the shaft, looped in at the end and terminating in the head of a horse, the ears upright, the peaked mane incised
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long
LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The oval bowl with flanged sides, the handle shaft in the form of a leaping lion, its forepaws joined to the rim of the bowl, the details of the mane and the musculature finely incised, the tail extended along the length of the shaft, looped in at the end and terminating in the head of a horse, the ears upright, the peaked mane incised
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, London, 1990.
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