Bird relief
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1) Bird relief
The bird has a short neck, large almond eyes, and large bent beak. Legs with large claws.(3 of them in forward direction, 1 bacward) The species is not identifiable, because it has a stylized form. Its wings are lifted above the body. Feathers are indicated with an engraved pattern ont he wing, but only with scattered engraving on the body.
Documentary notes
Hungarian National Museum Inv.Nr. 1889.11 Thick, hollow inside, h=10.9 cm, w=10.7 cm Cast bronze, engraved
Provenance: Uzd, County of Tolna, Hungary, possibly from the 12th century.
Reference
Mittelalterliche Bronzgaegenstaende des Ungarischaen Nationalmuseums. Budapest, MNM, 1999.
