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LOT 0180
Roman Bronze Tintinnabulum Duck Pendant
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (53.7 grams, 48 mm).
A duck or other water bird with suspension loop to back for suspension from a tintinnabulum.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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