PINTAIL DUCK(?), head turned backwards with long brown beak, red and yellow, then blue and white, then green and red imbricated covert feathers, with green and yellow fan tail, an outstretched right wing with red, dark brown and green with similar raised vertically over its back, with yellow underbelly and red 'striped' feet on green base line, in translucent greyish-blue matrix

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PINTAIL DUCK(?), head turned backwards with long brown beak, red and yellow, then blue and white, then green and red imbricated covert feathers, with green and yellow fan tail, an outstretched right wing with red, dark brown and green with similar raised vertically over its back, with yellow underbelly and red 'striped' feet on green base line, in translucent greyish-blue matrix
3rd-1st Century B.C.
2.3 x 1.8cm., 0.3cm. thick

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