Inv. n°: MMoCA755

Pig-shaped Terracotta Rattle

Retains the characteristics of a round pottery vessel, the pig’s nose being similar to the knob of a pot, with a tiny hole in the middle of the nose for the evacuation of air. Four stubs stand for legs and feet. Features indicated by simple lines drawn in clay: semicircles for eyebrows above two small holes for eyes. Cyrpus, Hellenistic Period.

w. 16 cm

4th-3rd century BC

Terracotta

Provenance

  • Private collection Long Island, USA, acquired from Mathias Komor, New York, 1960s
  • Acquired at Rupert Wace, 28th June 2011

Publications

  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 44 and 91
  • C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 38, fig. 33a-b and p. 81

Exhibitions

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

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