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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO ROMAN BRONZE ANIMALS
CIRCA 1ST AND 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
TWO ROMAN BRONZE ANIMALS
CIRCA 1ST AND 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including an owl, circa 2nd century A.D., the ridge on the reverse and the two rivets piercing the outstretched wings, serving as an attachment to a vessel or chest, details of the plumage incised; and a mule, circa 1st century A.D., naturalistically modelled, standing on an integral rectangular plinth
Mule: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1ST AND 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including an owl, circa 2nd century A.D., the ridge on the reverse and the two rivets piercing the outstretched wings, serving as an attachment to a vessel or chest, details of the plumage incised; and a mule, circa 1st century A.D., naturalistically modelled, standing on an integral rectangular plinth
Mule: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high (2)
Literature
Owl:
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004, no. 74.
Mule:
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 187.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 187.
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004, no. 74.
Mule:
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 187.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 187.