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LOT 0261
Neo Babylonian Stone Duck Weight
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 in. (18 grams, 37 mm).
Modelled in the round with the head resting along the spine.
Provenance
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Kozloff, A.P., Animals in Ancient Art, from the Leo Mildenberg collection, Cleveland, 1981, fig.12bis.
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