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TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE
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TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE
Cypriot art, 3rd–2nd century BC
A figurine of a pig with an elongated snout and erect ears; the details, particularly of the coat, snout and eyes, are incised. Inside, a bead or ball, probably made of terracotta, enclosed to serve as a rattle.
Chips.
Length: 14.5 cm
Provenance: American private collection, Long Island, acquired from Mathias Komor, New York, 1960s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA755)
Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie – Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2010, no. 38
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 44 and 91
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 38, figs. 33a–b and p. 81
A Cypriot terracotta pig rattle,
3rd–2nd century BC.
See original version (French)
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