BRONZE OENOCHOE Roman art, 1st century AD Beautiful oenochoe with a pyriform body, resting on a pedestal, cylindrical neck ending in a horseshoe mouthpiece. The handle is topped with a horse protome and is attached to the body by a Medusa head. Silver inlays on the horse's eyes and neck and on Medusa's eyes. Restoration to the foot and accident to the body. Height: 24.8 cm Provenance: French private collection François de Ricqlès, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22-23 April 2001: n°692 (ill.) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2002, vol. XIII, p. 23, fig. 39 J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 137, fig. 23 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 105 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 94 A Roman bronze oinochoe, 1st century A.D.