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.

Provenance

Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0284