A ROMAN BRONZE MOUSE
A ROMAN BRONZE MOUSE
A ROMAN BRONZE MOUSE
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A ROMAN BRONZE MOUSE

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN BRONZE MOUSE
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (5 cm.) long
Provenance
Antiquities, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 3 October 2000, lot 178.
with Rupert Wace, London, 2010 (A Collector's Menagerie, Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, no. 77).
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Lot Essay


Small bronze mice were frequently featured in Roman art. Since they are often shown nibbling at a morsel food, as presented here, scholars have suggested that mice served as protective figures to guard food stores (see H.B. Werness, Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, p. 285).

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