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LOT 2038
Celtic Bronze Duck Mount
IRON AGE, 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.11 grams, 23 mm).
With a bulbous body and splayed tail, spherical head and curving beak with a piercing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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