Dumbarton Oaks - Free-standing Quadruped

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Free-standing Quadruped

Caucasian or Crimean?
5th century (?)
16 cm x 15 cm (6 5/16 in. x 5 7/8 in.)
bronze
BZ.1913.1

Not on view

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Description

A unidentified quadruped has short legs in relation to its body. The neck and head rise almost vertically, with eyes, nostrils, and mouth clearly indicated. The haunches are wide and the animal has a short, inwardly curved tail.

Bibliography

Art Oriental, Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts (Paris, 1925), cat. no. 10.

Master Bronzes, Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, 1937), cat. no. 9, ill.

Handbook of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University (Washington, DC, 1955), no. 61.

Exhibition History

Paris, Chambre Syndicale de la Curiosité et des beaux-arts, "Exposition d'Art Oriental," May 4 - May 31, 1925.

Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, "Master Bronzes," February 1937.

Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, "A Selection of Ivories, Bronzes, Metalwork and Other Objects from the Dumbarton Oaks Collection," Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 1945.

Dumbarton Oaks, "The Collector's Microbe: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss and the Dumbarton Oaks Collections," Apr. 9 - Nov. 9, 2008.

Washington, DC. Dumbarton Oaks, 75 Years/75 Objects: Celebrating 75 Years of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum, September 8, 2015 - May 22, 2016.

Acquisition History

Purchased from the dealer Joseph Brummer, Paris by Mildred Barnes and Robert Woods Bliss, 1913 - November 29, 1940;

Gifted to Harvard University, November 29, 1940;

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC.

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023