Tiger Devouring a Gavial

Date1831

Object PlaceParis, France, Western Europe, Europe

MediumPlaster, polychromed and patinated

Dimensions16 7/8 x 41 3/4 x 16½ in.
43.0 x 106.0 x 42.0 cm

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Fund and Eleanor Clay Ford Fund

Object number1983.11

DescriptionA 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.

On View

Not on view