Inv. n°: MMoCA765

Greek Bronze Recumbent Kid

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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