Inv. n°: MMoCA657

Roman Bronze Standing Cockerel

The finely cast bronze depicts the cockerel standing alert and upright. The feathers well detailed and the tail shown with separate long splayed feathers.

h. 4.6 cm

2nd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Private collection, France, acquired 19th century
  • Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd, Animal Sculpture form the Ancient World Sale, London, 20th January 2011, lot 14961

Publications

  • Rupert Wace Ancient Art, A Collector Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 20th January 2011
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 73 and 91
  • C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 44, fig. 36 and 91

Exhibitions

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

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