Inv. n°: MMoCA536

Egyptian Bronze Croccodile

Perhaps associated with the Nile crocodile god Sobek who was thought to bring fertility to Egypt.

w. 13 cm

Late Period, 26th-31st Dynasty, 664-332 BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Comte de Serionn collection, the administrator of the Suez Canal at the end of the 19th century, France
  • Ex Charles Ede collection, London
  • Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London, 22nd April 2010

Publications

  • "A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World", Artdaily.org, 2010, [on-line] available at: http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=36270#.Wmd7BZOdWV4
  • Rupert Wace: A Collector's Menagerie, Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 2011, no. 17
  • P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 47, fig. 24
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 33 and 87
  • C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, 2016, p. 15, fig. 12 and p.77

Exhibitions

  • A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, The Sladmore Gallery, London, England, 2010 — 2010
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 25th February 2016 — 30th April 2016

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