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Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure, Byzantine, c600 AD. Spoon embossed with a running ram on the bowl; one of a set of eleven. The pear-shaped bowl is engraved on the underside with a foliate pattern, and attached by means of a disc to an elaborate baluster handle. The animals probably alluded to the hunt, and would have been an entertaining and appropriate subject for high-status domestic cutlery. The tradition of decorating the spoons of bowls with floral patterns, inscriptions, and occasionally animals, goes back to the fourth and fifth centuries but none of the earlier examples have such beautiful detail. This example formed part of the first hoard of silver found at the ancient site of Lambousa in Cyprus, near the modern village of Lapithos.
M AND ME, 1899,4-25,23

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART209535

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4000px × 2359px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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