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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF
ANCIENT ANIMALS
THREE ANCIENT BRONZE ANIMALS
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
细节
THREE ANCIENT BRONZE ANIMALS
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including a Steppes horse head with round eyes and a thick mane; a Mesopotamian weight cast in the form of a calf head, with stumpy horns and long ears, the large eyes beneath modelled brows, the nostrils recessed, the mouth downturned; and a Roman mule, its head lowered as if grazing
Mule: 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long (3)
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including a Steppes horse head with round eyes and a thick mane; a Mesopotamian weight cast in the form of a calf head, with stumpy horns and long ears, the large eyes beneath modelled brows, the nostrils recessed, the mouth downturned; and a Roman mule, its head lowered as if grazing
Mule: 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long (3)
出版
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, nos. 180 (mule), 193 (horse head) and 271 (calf head).