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Tiger Devouring a Gavial
Antoine-Louis Barye1831
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A large reptile of southern Asia, the gavial is related to and resembles a crocodile.
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- Title: Tiger Devouring a Gavial
- Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875)
- Date Created: 1831
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 20.4 x 20.4 cm (8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Constance Mather Bishop.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.233
- Medium: bronze
- Inscriptions: Signed: "BARYE"
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop
- Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1993.233
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