Figurine

48-2-78

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-78
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Peacock
Description

Bronze part of candlestick scissors: peacock. Green patina with lime incrustation. Right half of a bird is hollow with smooth edges at the back. Flat base on which the bird sits is wider and projects backward farther than the thickness of the "Half-bird". Its inner edge is original, but it was broken off at the front and back. "Half-bird" and its left counterpart would have set at the tip of each blade of a candle. Sitting bird has a tall comp and a flat, upswept tail.

Height 4.3 cm
Length 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 317 - Collector Number | L-2-228 - Old Loan Number

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