7¹⁄₂ in. (19 cm.) wide

London art market.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1990.
U.S. private collection, MI, acquired from the above, 1990.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1993 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, 1995, no. 69; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIV, no. 51).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.

J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 143, fig. 44.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 96.
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique: Le bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, pp. 68, 85, fig. 73.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA338).

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For an almost identical example in Naples Museum (inv. no. 72738), suggested to be either from a door, or another large wood object, such as a chest or vat, cf. exhibition catalogue, Pompeii AD 79, Royal Academy of Art, London, 1977, no. 171.