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Mouse is crouched, long ears pricked up, holding in its clutched paws a bunch of grapes (?), of which rabbits and hares were particularly fond of on Roman and Late Antique mosaic pavements and in architectural sculpture. Skin is rendered by small striations all over body. Of the tail, all that is left is a hole.

h. 1.8 x w. 3 cm

1st-2nd century AD

Silver

Provenance

Private American collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Ex collection Richard Wagner
Acquired at Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 1970s

Publications

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 72 and 104
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 65, fig. 68 and p. 93

Exhibitions

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

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Roman Silver Figurine of a Mouse

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