A Roman Bronze Fulcrum in the Form of a Goose

Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.

Length 4 1/2 inches (11.43 cm).

Property from a Private Collection, Tampa Bay, Florida

Provenance

Blumka Gallery, 1958.

Greta S. Heckett, Pittsburgh.

Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, Ancient Bronzes from the Estate of Greta S. Heckett, Antiquities from the Estate of Fahim Kouchakji and Other Owners, 21 May 1977, Lot 63.

British Rail Pension Fund Collection, UK. [by repute]

Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 11 June 2003, Lot 171.

Published:

P. Verdier, Ancient Bronzes: a Selection from the Heckett Collection, Carnegie Institute, 1964, no. 72.

Robert Haber and Company, Gods, Beasts, and Men: Images from Antiquity, New York, 1991, p. 28.

Exhibited:

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The Heckett Collection, 5 November 1964-10 January 1965.

Florida, Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art, Worlds Apart: Myth & History, Gods & Morals, Heroes & Hybrids, 12 February 2011-26 February 2012. [Inv. no. IL2011.005]

Florida, Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art, The Classical World in Focus: Animals in Ancient Art, 23 August 2016 - 20 August 2017. [Inv. no. IL.2016.10.01]

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