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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
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 (organizer) (October 14-December 16, 1981).

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