Lot Essay
The second not illustrated.
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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO ROMAN SILVER COCKS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
TWO ROMAN SILVER COCKS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
One standing on an integral plinth, his head raised and turned sharply to the left; one originally with the feet together and the head facing forward
First: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
One standing on an integral plinth, his head raised and turned sharply to the left; one originally with the feet together and the head facing forward
First: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high (2)
Literature
Both:
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, nos. 113 & 114.
First:
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 40.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 40.
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, nos. 113 & 114.
First:
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 40.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 40.