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103 - "SIMPULUM" BRONZE LADLE
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"SIMPULUM" BRONZE LADLE Roman art, circa the 2nd century A.D. A rare simpulum ladle featuring a handle shaped like a gnarled vine stock topped with a caprine head; the hemispherical bowl is engraved with a rosette. Height: 27.5 cm Provenance: Former Fuad Al Lof Collection, 1980 Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, May 26, 2011: lot 373 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA747) Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, Paris, May 26, 2011, lot 373 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 98 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 6, fig. 3, and p. 87 A Roman bronze “simpulum” ladle, Circa 2nd century A.D.
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