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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A GREEK TERRACOTTA OWL
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA OWL
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Hand-modelled, standing with broad breast on an integral plinth, its wings held closely behind, overlapping the tail feathers, the triangular head with pinched beak and large circular eyes, the feathers of the wings incised
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Hand-modelled, standing with broad breast on an integral plinth, its wings held closely behind, overlapping the tail feathers, the triangular head with pinched beak and large circular eyes, the feathers of the wings incised
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten, and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 109.