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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A ROOSTER
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF A ROOSTER
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE STATUETTE OF A ROOSTER
Roman art, 2nd century AD
Statuette of a standing rooster, with a plume-like tail and very finely incised details of the plumage, legs and head.
Height: 7 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 19th century
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. MMoCA658)
Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2011, no. 41
C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 49 and 102
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 44, fig. 37 and p. 91
A Roman bronze standing cockerel,
2nd century AD
See original version (French)
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