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LOT 0321
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. similar items recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference numbers SZ 40232 and BNG 86945.
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