An Egyptian bronze figure of an ibis, its legs folded beneath it, with incised details of eye and beak, and incised zig-zag to indicate wing and tail feathers, restored at neck, on wood base -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.

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An Egyptian bronze figure of an ibis, its legs folded beneath it, with incised details of eye and beak, and incised zig-zag to indicate wing and tail feathers, restored at neck, on wood base -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.
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