Dog Eating the Head of an Animal

300 BC-146 BC (Hellenistic) L: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) Citation Source image

This statuette of a dog eating the head of an animal is carved in the round. It is broken off through the body of the dog. There is a hole drilled in the broken end. The piece was probably used as a handle.

Sculpture

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18809
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sculpture
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normalized
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provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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