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121 - HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WEARING AN ELEPHANT SKIN
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HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WEARING AN ELEPHANT SKIN Hellenistic art, 4th–3rd century B.C. Small head depicting the Macedonian ruler wearing an elephant skin. Height: 5 cm Provenance: Former collection of Maurice Bouvier (1901–1981), Switzerland Christie’s, London, October 7, 2010: lot 116 (ill.) Charles Ede Limited, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA603) Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, October 7, 2010, lot 116 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 68, fig. 41 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 59 and 93 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 83 A Hellenistic bronze head of Alexander the Great wearing elephant skin, 4th–3rd century B.C.
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