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The finial in the form of an elongated horse’s head, the steam with five horizontal ribs beneath the incised mane, the long handle with three incised bands of ornament, with a shallow circular bowl.

w. 24.5 cm

c. 4th-1st century BC

Silver

Provenance

French private collection Mme. V., Prior to 1960
Acquired at Bonhams, Sale 18817 - Antiquities, London, 13th April 2011, lot 112

Publications

Bonhams, Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donahue - Sale 18817, London, 13th April 2011, p. 59, lot 112
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 94
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 6, fig. 2 and p. 83

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Hellenistic Silver Spoon

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