XXVth - XXVIth Dynasty (circa 700-550 B.C.), the body of highly polished veined marble, the head and right leg of cast bronze.

The ibis, symbolic of wisdom and sacred to the god Thoth, is now extinct in Egypt.

6.25 x 8.5 in.; on stand 8.5 in. high.

Purchased in 1966 from prominent New York City dealer and scholar Michel E. Abemayor, who died in 1975. A copy of the original invoice is available.

Objects originating with Abemayor may be found in the British Museum, the Met, The Royal Ontario Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The American Institute of Archaeology still presents an annual Michel and Nelly Abemayor Lecture.
The Collection of Dr. Malcolm Hardy, Chapel Hill, NC

The ibis lacks its left leg; the remaining bronze elements have a deep, natural patina; the marble body is free of chips and hairlines.

$2,000 - 4,000