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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A ROMAN BRONZE RABBIT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE RABBIT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Crouching close to the ground with its forepaws extending forward, the figure well modelled, with short incisions for the fur, the recessed eyes with a ridge for the iris and a hole for the pupil
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Crouching close to the ground with its forepaws extending forward, the figure well modelled, with short incisions for the fur, the recessed eyes with a ridge for the iris and a hole for the pupil
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 169.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 169.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 169.