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Sits on its buttocks, hind legs bent underneath it. Forelegs are stretched out, right hoof resting on soil, left foot slightly in the air. Arched neck, head thrown back seemingly in pain, eyes and ears fully opened, mouth open with tongue in mouth, nostrils dilated. Wool indicated by smack, rounded strokes.

h. 6 x w. 8.8 cm

4th-3rd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Currier collection
Sotheby's New York, 8-9 February 1985, lot 100
Jan Dirven collection, Antwerp
Acquired Royal Athena, 1968
J. Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 13th September 2011

Publications

D. Mitten and S. Doeringer, Master Bronzes of the Classical World, Mainz, 1967, no. 144
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 49 and 93
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 45, fig. 38 and p. 83

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 26th February 2016 — 19th June 2016

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Greek Bronze Recumbent Kid

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