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Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

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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.

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LOT 0113

Greek Bronze Duck's Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690

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