Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF BYZANTINE SILVER AND

PAIR OF BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO RITUAL SPOONS WITH INSCRIPTION 'AURURSCINI' - Ca. AD 400 - 700. A pair of silver ritual spoons, each with a drop-shaped bowl joined by a narrow collar to a long tapering handle with a decorative finial. The stem of one spoon thickens at the bowl junction into a rectangular panel bearing a niello inscription reading 'AURURSCINI'.For similar see: AA.VV., I Traci, Arte e cultura nelle terre di Bulgaria dalle origini fino alla tarda romanità, 1989, fig. 378/10.Size: 185-195mm x 25-25mm; Weight: 45gProvenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the London art market; formerly in the private collection of D. Ruskin, Oxford, 1990s.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.