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Ibis Eating a Lizard
Ibis Eating a Lizard
100 BC–AD 100
Bronze, hollow cast
Overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1974.3
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This sculpture was possibly used as a support for furniture, a candelabrum, or an incense burner.
Description
The ibis is an Egyptian bird, shown here standing firmly on both legs with a lizard in its beak. The bird rests on a two-tiered circular base, and a vertical stem with incised decoration extends above the ibis’s head. While an Egyptian animal, the image of the ibis devouring a lizard became common only in the Roman world, depicted in wall paintings and seen on Barbotine ware, a type of pottery. This sculpture may be unique, however, in showing this motif in the round.
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