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138 - BRONZE ROOSTER STATUETTE
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BRONZE ROOSTER STATUETTE Roman art, 2nd century A.D. Statuette of a standing rooster, with a plume-like tail and very finely incised details of the plumage, legs, and head. Height: 7 cm Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 19th century 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. MMoCA658) Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2011, no. 41 C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 49 and 102 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 44, fig. 37, and p. 91 A Roman bronze standing cockerel, 2nd century A.D.
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