Roman Bronze Sheep

An ancient Roman bronze miniature statuette of a standing sheep, with his left foreleg advanced and head turned to the right, his body covered in an engraved thick, shaggy coat.

Ca. 1st - 4th century AD.

Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm).

cf. The Menil Collections, La Rime et la Raison, catalogue of the exhibition at the Grand Palais, (Paris, 1984), nos. 108-112; P. C. Bol, Lieberhaus-Museum alter Plastik, Guide to the Collection, (Frankfurt, 1981), fig. 80.

Formerly in a New York private collection, acquired at Sotheby's, New York, February 8, 1985, lot 109; previously in an American private collection.

Inv#: 9113

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