A large Egyptian bronze head of a goose, with curving neck and naturalistic details of eye, beak and nostrils, with tang for insertion, mounted -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.); and a wood and bronze statuette of an ibis, the body in wood, with finely-incised bronze tail feathers, the head, neck and legs also in bronze, with incised details, on integral wood base -- 3½in. (8.8cm.) high, probably Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.

Details
A large Egyptian bronze head of a goose, with curving neck and naturalistic details of eye, beak and nostrils, with tang for insertion, mounted -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.); and a wood and bronze statuette of an ibis, the body in wood, with finely-incised bronze tail feathers, the head, neck and legs also in bronze, with incised details, on integral wood base -- 3½in. (8.8cm.) high, probably Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.
See illustration for item one (2)

More from Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour

View All
View All