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A ROMAN BRONZE BULL

Lot 37
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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£ 27 720
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1334755
Lot 37 | A ROMAN BRONZE BULL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A ROMAN BRONZE BULL
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high




Provenance

French private collection.
Collection Ch. N...Antiquités grecques et byzantines, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 June 1905, lot 248.
Objets d'art, Antiquities egyptiens, grecs et romains, Mes. F. Lair-Dubreuil and Henri Baudoin, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 December 1922, lot 163.
Swiss private collection, acquired circa 1950.
with Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. IV, Paris, 1913, p. 482, no. 2.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, pp. 50, 103, ill. front cover.
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique: Le bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, p. 42, fig. 34, p. 92.
"L'exposition des animaux et des hommes à Mougins," Nice-Matin, 6 March 2016, p. 18.
E. Nussbaum, "Le bestiaire de l'antiquitè s'affiche au MACM," Nice-Matin, 9 March 2016, p. 12.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA780).
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, Animals, 26 February-19 June 2016.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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