Ibis, Sacred Bird of the God Thoth

Ibis, Sacred Bird of the God Thoth

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Egyptian)
Title
Ibis, Sacred Bird of the God Thoth
Date
747-30 B.C.E.
Period
Late-Ptolemaic Period
Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
3 7/8 x 6 x 1 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Jane Werner Watson
Accession No.
1976.117
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Egypt

Related

by February 1957, with Philip E. Mitry at The Anglo-American Bookshop (Cairo, Egypt); 1957, sold by Philip E. Mitry at the Anglo-American Bookshop (Cairo, Egypt) to Earnest C. and Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); 1976, gifted by Jane Werner Watson to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 2017-2018]

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