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Nov 12, 2009

Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

200–100 BC

Greece, Hellenistic period, 2nd Century BC

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

102C Greek

Description

Excavated at Kerch, Russia

Provenance

M. J. Peytel, Paris

nephew of M. J. Peytel

Dr. Jacob Hirsch

M. J. Peytel, Paris; nephew of M. J. Peytel; Dr. Jacob Hirsch

Citations

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

Exhibition history

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

Greece, Hellenistic period, 2nd Century BC

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