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A Mold for Metalwork Depicting a Bird

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Egyptian Art

A Mold for Metalwork Depicting a Bird

Maker not identified

Date
304–30 B.C.
Medium
Limestone
Object type
Mold, bird
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Country
Egypt
Object number
16.10.496
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1916
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Birds

The Met object ID 550309. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.