Details
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Robert Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (1942-2014), London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VIII, 1992, no. 186).
Heintz Collection, Shelby, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1991.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired in 2009 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXII, 2011, no. 57).
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 104.
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique: Le bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, pp. 63, 93, fig. 65.
Exhibited
Hamilton, New York, Colgate University, Picker Art Gallery, 1991 - 2009.
Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA622).
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