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LOT 0578
Greek Bronze Strainer with Duck Head Handles
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (123 grams, 28 cm).
With flat-section handle and rim; finial formed as a pair of ducks' heads; bowl absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Richter, G.M.A., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, New York, 1915, no.652, for similar.
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