A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER LADLE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER LADLE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. Cast with a shallow bowl, a long strap handle and backward-curving hook terminating in a well-modelled head of a caracal cat, its mouth open revealing fangs, the handle with ridged, concave sides, the ridges extending into coiled volutes, the flat back engraved with a foliate pattern and gilt, the bowl rim offset on the exterior by a horizontal groove, the underside with incised concentric circles 9½ in. (23.9 cm.) long
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER LADLE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER LADLE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. Cast with a shallow bowl, a long strap handle and backward-curving hook terminating in a well-modelled head of a caracal cat, its mouth open revealing fangs, the handle with ridged, concave sides, the ridges extending into coiled volutes, the flat back engraved with a foliate pattern and gilt, the bowl rim offset on the exterior by a horizontal groove, the underside with incised concentric circles 9½ in. (23.9 cm.) long
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