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A Gallo-Roman Bronze Figure of a Rooster, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- A Gallo-Roman Bronze Figure of a Rooster
- Height 2 5/8 in. 6.7 cm.
standing on a pointed-oval base, with incised feet and palmette-shaped wings, the stylized feathers indicated by even rows of straight parallel incisions.
Provenance
J.J. Klejman, New York
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 22nd, 1974, no. 355, illus.
German private collection
Sotheby's, New York, December 7th, 2005, no. 74, illus.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 22nd, 1974, no. 355, illus.
German private collection
Sotheby's, New York, December 7th, 2005, no. 74, illus.
Catalogue Note
For related examples see Münzen & Medaillen AG, Basel, Kunstwerke der Antike, May 13th, 1961, no. 94, and S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. IV, Paris, 1913, pp. 536,3, and 537, 3.