Tiger Devouring a Gavial
Date:
1831
Medium:
Plaster, polychromed and patinated
Dimensions:
16 7/8 x 41 3/4 x 16½ in.
43.0 x 106.0 x 42.0 cm
43.0 x 106.0 x 42.0 cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Fund and Eleanor Clay Ford Fund
Object number:
1983.11
A tiger, facing left and slightly forward, holds a gavial (a small Indian crocodile) in his front claws and grasps its abdomen in his jaws. The gavial's body twists to form an S-curve with the head in front and facing right. Its tail terminates just behind the tiger's shoulder. The powerful figures struggle on an oval base on which is seen vegetation in relief.
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