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Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

200–100 BCE
bronze
Overall: 20.4 x 18.3 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.); with base: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.68
Location: not on view
  • before 1924
    M.J. (Joanny) Peytel (1844-1924), Paris, France
    1924-1939?
    nephew of M.J. Peytel (Andre Peytel?), Paris, France, by bequest
    by 1939-1943
    Dr. Jacob Hirsch, acquired from the above
    1943-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Wunderlich, Silvia A. "A Bronze Mule's Head." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 9 (1943). pp. 137-39 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 23 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 23 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 27 archive.org
    Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 58; Mentioned: p. 59, 63
    Faust, Sabine. Fulcra: figürlicher und ornamentaler Schmuck an antiken Betten. Mainz: P. von Zabern, 1989. Cat. No. 82, discussed p. 168, reproduced plate 51.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 12 archive.org
    Archie, Ellen. Party Animals: Fulcrum Attachments, Bronze Couches, and the Ancient Drinking Party. Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory (Accessed 4/2021). storymaps.arcgis.com
  • A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch|url=false|author=|year=200–100 BCE|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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