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
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