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LOT 0284
Neo-Babylonian Stone Duck Weight with Loop
CIRCA 700-600 B.C.
2 5/8 in. (153 grams, 68 mm).
Carved in the round as a duck with its head laid back along its spine; pierced and set with a bronze suspension loop.
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent.
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