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LOT 0581
Greek Geometric Bronze Bird
8TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (16.9 grams, 60 mm).
Stylised bird figure perching on a convex panel, shank beneath pierced and lug finial pierced perpendicularly.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0581
Greek Geometric Bronze Bird
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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