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LOT 0333
Celtic Bronze Duck Mount
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (37 grams, 53 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with raised wings folded to the back, sturdy neck, small head with large bill and domed lentoid eyes; pierced vertically for attachment.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. similar items recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference numbers SZ 40232 and BNG 86945.
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LOT 0333
Celtic Bronze Duck Mount
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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