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LOT 4168
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. 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. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). Condition as seen. Very rare weight.(157gr, 59mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4168
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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