166 - Achaemenid silver ladle with duck heads. 5th–4th centuries B.C. L 19.9 cm, bowl diameter 5.7 cm. Long handle decorated with a beaded band; at the top, a ring with ends shaped like duck heads. Comes with a certificate and a French export license (copies)! Dark patina; the bowl is broken and has been reattached. Provenance: Formerly at Galerie Nefer, Zurich, acquired in 1995; prior to that, in the Zurich private collection of G. A. since 1994, and before that, in the collection of Heidi Vollmoeller since the 1970s.

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