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LOT 1157
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight Collection
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (8.01 grams total, 12-22 mm).
Comprising three weights modelled as resting ducks with their heads resting on their backs, each pierced. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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