id:			152314
accession number:	1985.177
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.177
updated:		2022-10-29 15:35:41.341000

Mouse, AD 1–200. Italy, Rome, 1st-2nd Century. Bronze; overall: 1.4 x 1.6 cm (9/16 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Keith P. Smith 1985.177

title:				Mouse
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creation date:			AD 1–200
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		199
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Gift of Keith P. Smith
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Rome, 1st-2nd Century
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 1.4 x 1.6 cm (9/16 x 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1986:  "Year in Review for 1985," February 6-April, 1986, CMA Bulletin (February 1986), 62

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PROVENANCE

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digital description: 
The Romans were the first people in antiquity to make large numbers of genre sculptures for no purpose other than household decoration. This mouse may have been just such a knick-knack or it may have ornamented a metal food container laying claim to its contents so that other mice would stay away.

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