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74 - TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE
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TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE Cypriot art, 3rd–2nd century B.C. A pig figurine with an elongated snout and erect ears; the details—particularly those of the coat, snout, and eyes—are incised. Inside, a bead or ball, likely made of terracotta, is enclosed to serve as a rattle. Chips. Length: 14.5 cm Provenance: Private American collection, Long Island; acquired from Mathias Komor, New York, in the 1960s Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA755) Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2010, no. 38 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 44 and 91 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World*. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 38, figs. 33a–b and p. 81 A Cypriot terracotta pig rattle, 3rd–2nd century B.C.
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