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LOT 0113

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.

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0113

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690

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