id:			135054
accession number:	1958.100
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.100
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:43.652000

Hippopotamus, 332 BCE–395 CE. Italy, Rome, Greco-Roman Period. Bronze, solid cast; overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.100

title:				Hippopotamus
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creation date:			332 BCE–395 CE
creation date earliest:		-332
creation date latest:		395
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	Italy, Rome, Greco-Roman Period
technique:	bronze, solid cast
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1958, no. 214', 'opening_date': '1958-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt (?) by Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "A River Horse of a Different Empire or What are Hippopotami Doing on the Banks of the Tiber?" in Arthur Houghton et al., eds., <em>Studies in Honor of Leo Mildenberg: Numismatics, Art Provenance, Archaeology</em> (Wetteren, Belgium: Cultura Press, 1984), pp. 155-64, pl. 23, 1-3
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 483; Mentioned: p. 483-4
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