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LOT 0346
Celtic Bronze Statuette of a Duck
IRON AGE, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (52 grams total, duck: 43 mm high).
Modelled in the round with splayed legs, scooped beak, T-shaped tail with serrated edge and loop to the back; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1990-2010.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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