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LOT 1036
Neo-Babylonian Haematite Duck Weight
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (8.7 grams, 22 mm).
Polished and modelled with its head resting along its back and with simple, stylised detailing.
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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