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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE IBIS HEAD
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the details of the downturned bill incised, the eyes recessed and inlaid with white glass for the sclerae and black for the pupils, the end of the sinuous neck flaring, terminating in a tang for insertion into a now-missing body
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the details of the downturned bill incised, the eyes recessed and inlaid with white glass for the sclerae and black for the pupils, the end of the sinuous neck flaring, terminating in a tang for insertion into a now-missing body
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, 1960s; thence by descent.
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