BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FEMALE DOG

BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FEMALE DOG

Roman art, 1st century A.D.

Statuette depicting a female dog standing on her hind legs, resting on a rectangular base, her head turned slightly to the right, her tail curled over her hindquarters, her teats hanging down, and wearing a collar.

Height: 5.5 cm

Provenance: Private German collection

Gorny & Mosch, Munich, June 24, 2008: no. 229 (ill.)

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. MMoCA656)

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch, Auction 168, Munich, June 24, 2008, lot 229

Rupert Wace Ancient Art, A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 2011, no. 65

C. Dauphin, *Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary*, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 69 and 102

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 64, fig. 67, and p. 91

A Roman bronze statuette of a female dog,

1st century A.D.