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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
A ROMAN BRONZE SPOUT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE SPOUT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of a dog or wolf, the canine with tufted triangular ears, inclined furrowed brows, and articulated lidded eyes, the nostrils indented, the whiskers appearing as curved grooves, the lolling tongue serving as the spout, the details of the fur incised, framed by thickly-modelled locks along the rectangular plate from which the head projects, the plate perforated on its lower corners and with rounded perforated loops at the upper corners
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
In the form of the head of a dog or wolf, the canine with tufted triangular ears, inclined furrowed brows, and articulated lidded eyes, the nostrils indented, the whiskers appearing as curved grooves, the lolling tongue serving as the spout, the details of the fur incised, framed by thickly-modelled locks along the rectangular plate from which the head projects, the plate perforated on its lower corners and with rounded perforated loops at the upper corners
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-79.