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LOT 0557

Greek Bronze Bird Figure

8TH CENTURY B.C.

1 5/8 in. (21.9 grams, 42 mm).

Amuletic pendant formed as a perching bird with long neck and stub legs, loop to the back.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

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LOT 0557

Greek Bronze Bird Figure

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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