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LOT 4476
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 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. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 62 (hematite stylised duck). Condition as seen.(24.30gr, 43mm x 18mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4476
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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