4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT PLAIN WHITE WARE POTTERY PIG RATTLE
4TH CENTURY B.C.
With short trumpet-shaped snout, pierced eyes with arched brows above, large ears, the upper body with incised hatches indicating bristled hair, with central crest of hair running along spine, stippled face, the hollow interior with rattle
5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) long

Exhibited

Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2003; Onassis Cultural Center, New York, 2004; Cincinnati Art Museum, 2004.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 146; J. Neils and J. H. Oakley, Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2003, p. 265, no. 69.

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