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PROPERTY FROM THE CATTAUI FAMILY COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD AND BRONZE IBIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD AND BRONZE IBIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
The body sculpted in wood and covered in gesso, the closed wings articulated, the legs and the head each separately cast in bronze and inserted, the legs folded under with the scales incised, with a sinuous neck and long curving bill, the eyes inlaid with black glass, perching on a wood plinth
7 1/16 in. (18 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
The body sculpted in wood and covered in gesso, the closed wings articulated, the legs and the head each separately cast in bronze and inserted, the legs folded under with the scales incised, with a sinuous neck and long curving bill, the eyes inlaid with black glass, perching on a wood plinth
7 1/16 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by Cattaui family, Switzerland, prior to 1968.
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