Bidspirit auction | Roman Offering Palette

Roman Offering Palette - 1st century BC-1st century AD A carved fossiliferous limestone offering bowl with discoid base, hemispherical body and square rim with raised centre panel. 94 grams, 55mm (2 1/4”). Fine condition, some restoration. Provenance Property of a Richmond gentleman; part of his family collection formed before 1980; thence by descent. Footnotes Dr Bonewitz notes: 'Very unusual material.'