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LOT 4473
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 58. Condition as seen.2 1/8 in. (172gr, 53mm x 38mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4473
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
