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Bird FinialUnknown

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Carved wooden bird sculpture with dark brown patina, simplified rounded form, hooked beak, and brass tack eye, mounted on a thin metal rod

Unknown, Bird Finial, Unknown, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bird Finial
Place Made
Egypt (?)
Date Made
Unknown
Medium
Wood, inlaid with gold
Dimensions
4 x 5 1/4 in. (10.2 x 13.3 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.301
Classification
Wood
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.

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