7³⁄₄ in. (19.7 cm.) long.

Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 18 May 1987, lot 182.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
U.S. private collection, Garden City, MI, acquired from the above, 1987.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2008 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIX, no. 76).
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. 139, fig. 30.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 105.
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique: Le Bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, pp. 71, 94, fig. 76.
"C'est quoi cette oeuvre?", Mougins Infos, Summer 2022, no. 84, p. 21.

Hamilton, New York, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1996-2003.
Fairfax, Virginia, George Mason University, 2003-2007.
Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA314).

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For a similar oil lamp, including a chain for hanging, see the Cleveland Museum of Art, inv no. 1974.77.