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LOT 0070
Greek Bronze Duck's Head
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (236 grams, 10.1 cm).
Modelled in the round with realistic features, textured plumage, rounded beak.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12378-226677.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Richter, G.M.A., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, New York, 1915, no.652, for similar head forming a finial.
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LOT 0070
Greek Bronze Duck's Head
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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