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a bronze figurine of a rooster on a black pedestalan image of a statue of a bird on a pedestal
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137 - BRONZE STATUETTE OF A ROOSTER
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A ROOSTER Roman art, 2nd century AD A statuette depicting a crowing rooster, its body leaning forwards, with finely detailed plumage. Height: 4.6 cm Provenance: Former English private collection, acquired circa 1980 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. MMoCA657) Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2011, no. 39 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 73 and 91 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 44, figs. 36 and 91 A Roman bronze crowing cockerel, 2nd century AD
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Auction time 11/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
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