Physical Qualities
Bronze, 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 3/8 in. (9.8 x 14.6 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.118
Bas-relief plaque depicting a striding civet cat with a long tail that curls up at the end, and holding a bird in its mouth. The ground is depicted as a shallow straight horizontal line/shelf. Border: no border.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed: BARYE 1831 (partly covered name). Back of plaque, BMA label: 1996.046.118.
