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LOT 3520
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Babylonian standard. Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 var. (5 Qedet). Condition as seen.(12.44gr, 20mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3520
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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