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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND GILT WOOD IBIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND GILT WOOD IBIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Striding forward with left leg advanced, with incised details of the scales along the legs and the joints of the feet, the S-shaped neck and long bill curved, the round eyes inlaid with glass, bulging beneath ridged brows, the wood body gilt, the bronze tail with incised feather detail
13 in. (33 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Striding forward with left leg advanced, with incised details of the scales along the legs and the joints of the feet, the S-shaped neck and long bill curved, the round eyes inlaid with glass, bulging beneath ridged brows, the wood body gilt, the bronze tail with incised feather detail
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, France; acquired on the Paris art market prior to 1982, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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