id: 123458
accession number: 1943.68
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Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch, 200–100 BC. Greece, Hellenistic period, 2nd Century BC. Bronze; overall: 20.4 x 18.3 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.); with base: 25.4 cm (10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.68
title: Mule-Head Attachment for a Couch
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creation date: 200–100 BC
creation date earliest: -200
creation date latest: -100
current location: 102C Greek
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Greece, Hellenistic period, 2nd Century BC
technique: bronze
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Greek
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 20.4 x 18.3 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.); with base: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Cleveland Bestiary
opening date: 1981-10-14T04:00:00
A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14-December 16, 1981).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
M. J. Peytel, Paris
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nephew of M. J. Peytel
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Dr. Jacob Hirsch
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M. J. Peytel, Paris; nephew of M. J. Peytel; Dr. Jacob Hirsch
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Excavated at Kerch, Russia
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Wunderlich, Silvia A. "A Bronze Mule's Head." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 9 (1943).
page number: pp. 137-39
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141086
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 23
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n47
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 23
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n45
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 27
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n47
Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: p. 58; Mentioned: p. 59, 63
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 12
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n27
Archie, Ellen. Party Animals: Fulcrum Attachments, Bronze Couches, and the Ancient Drinking Party. Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory (Accessed 4/2021).
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url: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/84e0783e8277400cab6f987c0b772e47
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