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LOT 4474
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Stone weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5013 (hematite). Condition as seen.(19.60gr, 35mm x 25mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4474
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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