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Collection Online as of October 28, 2020

Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch

100s 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
Dr. Jacob Hirsch
nephew of M. J. Peytel
M. J. Peytel, Paris
Citations
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
Exhibition history

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14-December 16, 1981).

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