Bidspirit auction | RARE MESOPOTAMIAN COPPER ALLOY DUCK

RARE MESOPOTAMIAN COPPER ALLOY DUCK WEIGHT - Ca. 2nd Millennium BC. A copper-alloy weight modelled as a recumbent duck with a compressed ovoid body set on a flat base. The long neck is swept back and runs along the far flank so that the head tucks towards the tail. Size: 27mm x 16mm; Weight: 18g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s;