Bronze dish, wolf-head handle, Roman
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This finely wrought bronze dish features a delicately fluted handle capped with a wolf’s head, mouth agape (see detail photo). The patina is particularly attractive. Pompei (50 BC-79 AD). “As the ubiquitous emblem of Rome, the she-wolf is so rife with symbolism, that it has no equal among cities past or present.” (Andreae 1973:37) Bibliography (for this item)Andreae, Bernard1973 L’art de l’ancienne Rome. Editions d’art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, France. (37) |
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