Roman Bronze Crowing Cockerel

Vividly depicted with one foot held slightly forward, its neck outstretched, head raised with a pendulous wattle and still coxcomb. The neck is thickly feathered whilst neatly incised semicircles represent the smooth feather to the breast and wings. The erect tail is strongly modelled and cleanly incised with long arching feathers.

h. 7 cm

2nd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired c.1980
Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd, Animal Sculpture form the Ancient World Sale, London, January 20, 2011, lot 14825

Publications

Rupert Wace Ancient Art, A Collector Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, January 20, 2011
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 49 and 102
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 44, fig. 37 and p. 91

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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