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A powerful, heavyset head faces front with a seemingly benign expression accentuated by a slight upturned mouth. The wavy forelock falls low on the brow with a central rosette of hair. Well-defined eyes stare forward aside a broad nose thickening towards the muzzle.

h. 31.9 cm

2nd century AD

Limestone

Provenance

Collection of Professor Banam, Belgium, acquired 1960
Acquired at Rupert Wace Art Ltd., London, 22nd September 2011, 15314

Publications

Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Antiquities, 2011, lot 49
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 64 and 100
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 54, fig. 50 and p. 89

Exhibitions

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

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Roman Limestone Head of a Bull

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