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Composite Ibis FigureLate Period, 712-332 BCE

Not on view
Sculpture of a crouching ibis-like bird with a pale wooden body and green patinated bronze head, neck, wings, and feet with incised feather and scale patterns
Composite ibis figure with a pale stone or ivory body and green-patinated bronze head, neck, and clawed feet with finely incised scale detail, mounted on a rectangular black base.
Sculptural ibis figure with a pale, weathered wood or gessoed body and verdigris bronze head, neck, and legs; the curved beak, ringed neck, and splayed taloned feet rendered in fine detail.
Title
Composite Ibis Figure
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Late Period, 712-332 BCE
Medium
Wood, bronze
Dimensions
5 1/2 × 8 11/16 × 2 in. (13.97 × 22.07 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
AC1992.152.58
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Provenance
Leo Mildenberg (1913–2001), Zurich. Hans Cohn (1903–1994), Los Angeles, in 1966, gift 1992 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.