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LOT 1289
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight Collection
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (6.35 grams total, 18-22 mm).
Group of three weights, each formed as a duck with its neck and head stretched along its spine; one pierced at the neck, another longitudinally through the chest. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Kozloff, A.P., Animals in Ancient Art, from the Leo Mildenberg collection, Cleveland, 1981, fig.12bis.
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