Bronze statuette of a rooster - image 1

Archaic II

Bronze statuette of a rooster

Stands on small rectangular plate with feet close together; incised details. H. 1 5/8 in (4.1 cm)

Date

599 - 500 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5535

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4858, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 73, p. 47, New York: Gilliss Press.Reinach, Salomon. 1924. Répertoire de la Statuaire Greque et Romaine, Tome V, Vol. 1. no. 6, p. 464, Paris: E. Leroux.