6th century BC. A silver figure of a bird perching on a tiered socle base; the hollow-formed body S-shaped in profile with repoussé detailing to the beak, eye, wings and tail, pointillé feather detailing, lateral flange wings, ropework to the base. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 34.107.63, for head of a similar figure, executed in stone; see Upton, J.M., The Persian Expedition, 1933-1934, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 29, December 1934.90 grams, 10cm (4"). Previously in the collection of a respected gentleman; his collection assembled 1965-2018. Fine condition.