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75 - TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE
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TERRACOTTA PIG-SHAPED RATTLE Hellenistic art, circa the 3rd century B.C. A pig figurine with an elongated snout, large, slightly drooping ears, and a corkscrew-shaped tail pressed against its hindquarters. The object, which served as a rattle, must have contained a small bead or stone, now lost. Restored. Length: 14 cm Provenance: Former Swiss private collection, acquired from Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1970s Christie’s, London, October 7, 2010: lot 234 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA578) Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 25–April 30, 2016 Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, October 7, 2010, lot 234 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 66, fig. 28 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, France, 2014, pp. 8 and 93 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 8, fig. 4, and p. 82 A Hellenistic pottery pig rattle, circa 3rd century B.C.
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