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The sow is about to crouch backwards, as if to spring. The mouth is open, and the tongue and upper teeth show. The eyes are inlaid in silver, and the fur or bristles are carefully cast and chasened. Green and brown patina. Encrusted.
Provenance
By date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (according to the acquisition recommendation: said to be from the Beirut and London Art Markets); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., April 8, 1964
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Greek, Hellenistic Period, about 2nd century B.C.
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 092; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
Dimensions
Height x length: 10 x 19 cm (3 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
64.510
Medium or Technique
Bronze with silver