TWO ANCIENT DUCKS
PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO ANCIENT DUCKS

CIRCA LATE 7TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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TWO ANCIENT DUCKS
CIRCA LATE 7TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Including a Scythian electrum pin finial, circa 4th-3rd century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the wings embossed with ridged rows, with circular eyes and recessed nostrils, seated on a ring of beaded wire, the underside with granulation framing the remains of the now-missing pin; and an Etruscan gold pendant, circa late 7th century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the surface embellished with rows of granulation delineating the contours, with granulated rosettes for the eyes, a suspension loop of coiled wire joined to the tail
Pendant: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long (2)
Literature
Finial:
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 55.
Pendant:
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 85.

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