LIMESTONE MOULD WITH BIRD
LIMESTONE MOULD WITH BIRD
Rectangular plaque with deeply incised figure of squatting bird (probably a duck) to left, its head resting on body, legs tucked underneath; feathers of wing neatly indicated, body covered with tiny dots
Ex coll. P.R., Belgium; accompanied by a French passport.
12.5 x 14 cm. Chipped at the edges, otherwise intact.
Ptolemaic Period, 3rd-1st cent. BC
For a similar kind of mould (phoenix): M. Raven, Egyptische Magie, Zutphen 2010, pp. 48-9, fig. 31
€ 1.875