Large Ancient Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. A lifesize, cast bronze leg and foot from a bronze and wood model of an ibis, with heavy tabs for inserting it into a body and plinth at top and bottom respectively. The foot is naturalistic, with clearly depicted joints, webbing between the long toes, and short claws. This originally would have been inserted into a wooden body, alongside a similarly-shaped, bronze other leg and foot, with a bronze head, forming a dynamic statue like the one in the link below at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Size: 5.35" W x 12.95" H (13.6 cm x 32.9 cm); 13.3" H (33.8 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private NY collection; ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California acquired in the 1980s