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44 - BRONZE MANGOSTE OR ICHNEUMON
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BRONZE MANGOSTE OR ICHNEUMON Egyptian art, Late Period, 664–332 B.C. Votive statuette depicting an Egyptian mongoose or ichneumon, standing on a rectangular base, with a long tail curved at the tip; the details of the face, ears, and fur are finely rendered; a loop for hanging is present on the back. Beneath the base is a tenon, indicating that the object was designed to be set into a base. Dimensions: 4.3 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Galerie Arete, Zurich Formerly in the collection of Leo Mildenberg (1913–2001) His sale, Christie’s, *A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals*, London, October 26–27, 2004: lot 132 (ill.) Hornsby and Nugée, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA764) Bibliography: Christie’s, *A Peaceable Kingdom*, *The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals*, London, October 26–27, 2004, lot 132 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 37, 88, and on the cover C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 16, fig. 13, and p. 78 An Egyptian bronze figure of a mongoose or ichneumon, Late Period, 664–332 B.C.
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