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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FEMALE DOG
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FEMALE DOG
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FEMALE DOG
Roman art, 1st century AD
A statuette depicting a female dog standing on her hind legs, resting on a rectangular plinth, her head turned slightly to the right, her tail curled over her hindquarters, her teats hanging down, and wearing a collar.
Height: 5.5 cm
Provenance: German private collection
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 24 June 2008: lot 229 (ill.)
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. MMoCA656)
Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch, Auction 168, Munich, 24 June 2008, lot 229
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 2011, no. 65
C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 69 and 102
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 64, fig. 67 and p. 91
A Roman bronze statuette of a female dog,
1st century AD
See original version (French)
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