PROBABLY CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A large bronze and gilt wood figure of a recumbent ibis
Probably circa 4th Century B.C.
The bird with gilded wooden body, bronze head, tail feathers and feet with detailed chasing, on wooden shrine-like base, additional cornelian inlaid eyes
21½in. (54.8cm.) long; 14½in. (37cm.) high incl. base
Probably circa 4th Century B.C.
The bird with gilded wooden body, bronze head, tail feathers and feet with detailed chasing, on wooden shrine-like base, additional cornelian inlaid eyes
21½in. (54.8cm.) long; 14½in. (37cm.) high incl. base
Provenance
The late Sydney J. Lamon, New York; sold Christie's London, 5 December 1973, lot 287
Harrods Ltd., London, 1976.
Harrods Ltd., London, 1976.