Details
A GREEK BRONZE CRANE
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing with straight legs, the webbed feet joined together, the wings incised, the tips of breast feathers detailed, with an elegant curving neck and incised circular eyes, a plume at back of the head
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990) collection, New York.
Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel collection, Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1992, lot 50.
Exhibited
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin, 18 March - 28 May, 1978.
Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe Steintorplatz, Hamburg, 24 June - 3 September, 1978.
Prähistorischen Staatssammlung, Munich, 28 September 1978 - 6 January 1979.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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