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LOT 0566
Greek Bronze Bird
GEOMETRIC, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (19.8 grams, 45 mm).
Modelled in the round with triangular fantail, lateral bulb eyes, pierced transversely at the chest for attachment.
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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