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A Roman bronze patera, 1st century AD., the shallow bowl decorated with concentric bands beneath the centre and a bulbous indentation or omphalos, the handle circular in section with lion’s head finial, also at the base of the attachment plate, diameter 13cm, length including handle 21cm. £1,800-£2,000
Ex Gorny & Mosch, auction 222, 25/06/2014, lot 86. This finely worked vessel was used for serving food or drink at functions or for pouring libations at religious ceremonies as an offering to a deity. An animals head, usually a rams head was added as a finial to the handle, the lions head in this case is rarer.
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