Three Egyptian Wooden Trussed Calves

Of stylised form, flat-backed with dowels for attachment, with details in black, the bodies decorated with grey spots, with separately made ears inserted into the side of the head, a recess above for the horns.

h. 8.6 cm

Middle-New Kingdom, c. 2133-10 BC

Wood

Provenance

Acquired from an antique dealer in the South of France, 1991
Bonhams, Sale 15941 - Antiquities, London, October 15, 2008, lot 103
Received as a gift from Rizzo Christian, June 10, 2011

Publications

Bonhams London, Sale 15941 - Antiquities, 2008, lot 103, p. 54
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 28, fig. 24 and p. 76
C. Dauphin, "Acquisitions", Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 85

Exhibitions

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

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