Neo-Babylonian Bronze Duck Weight

CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

3/4 in. (10.7 grams, 20 mm).

Modelled in the round with the head resting along the spine. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Simmons Gallery, London, UK.
From a collection from North London, UK, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Kozloff, A.P., Animals in Ancient Art, from the Leo Mildenberg collection, Cleveland, 1981, fig.12bis.

CONDITION

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LOT 1157