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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER AND BRONZE IBIS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
Striding with right leg forward, the bronze legs incised with scales, the feet naturalistically modelled, the body in banded alabaster, incised feather pattern on the bronze tail, bronze head with curved ridged beak, eyes recessed for inlay, now missing, tangs on underside of feet
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
Striding with right leg forward, the bronze legs incised with scales, the feet naturalistically modelled, the body in banded alabaster, incised feather pattern on the bronze tail, bronze head with curved ridged beak, eyes recessed for inlay, now missing, tangs on underside of feet
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Liechti collection, Geneva; acquired in Paris, 1971; base inscribed, 'collection Marie Liechti Bantli, acquis chez Ascher, à Paris, en 1971.'
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