Ancient ladle with bird head terminal
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AR3195A
| Object: |
Ancient ladle with bird head terminal
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| Material: |
Bronze.
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| Period: |
5th cent. BC to 4th cent. BC. Greek or Etruscan. Ladles of this type played an important role in both cultures and were later adopted by the Romans with only slight changes. |
| Description: |
Elegant long ladle with a circular deep bowl and a long band-shaped handle. The upper part of the handle tapers and turns into a round rod. It runs in an almost complete semicircle and ends as a stylized bird head with a long beak. There are two decorative knobs on the rim of the scoop. Ladles of this type are sometimes referred to as simpulum in literature. The name Kyathos is also used in connection with these ladles, the ceramic type of the same name goes back to these bronze ladles. |
| Dimensions: |
30.3cm long.
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| Condition: |
Tip of the animal's head broken off and missing at the end of the handle, but this does not affect the great overall impression. All in all very good condition.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired at a German auction house in 2021. Previously in the German private collection G. Hauck. Acquired in 2002 from the former collection of viniculture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959) located in Germany.
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| References: |
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 21.88.130 und 08.258.54. Cf. Alimentarium, acc. no. AL3307. |
| Authenticity: |
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