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With thick curls framing his face, the elephant headdress with trunk raised above his forehead, flanked by two large tusks, mounted.

h. 5 cm

4th-3rd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex M. Bouvier collection, Switzerland, 1901-1980, Bouvier was a law proffessor in Alexandria prior to 1930
Christie's Antiquities Sale, London, lot 116
Acquired at Charles Ede Ltd, London, 16th November 2010, no.8936

Publications

Christie's, Antiquities Sale, London, 7th October 2010
J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 68, fig. 41
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 59 and 93
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 83

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Greek Bronze Head of Alexander Wearing an Elephant Skin

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