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Wolf with Prey

Greek (Artist)
9th-8th century BCE (Geometric)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )

Animals were a popular motif in the Geometric period. The image of a wild animal capturing a domestic one, such as a wolf seizing a lamb from the flock, is a typical late Geometric theme.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Elie Borowski, Basel, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1955, by puchase.

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1993 From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia.
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Greece, Peloponnese (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

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Museum purchase, 1955

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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54.2413

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