ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING RAM Ca. AD 100 - 300 A Roman bronze figurine of a ram. The ram is standing with carved detail in the coat and curved horns. Rams, especially in early Imperial Rome, were associated with the god Bacchus (Dionysus). Bacchus is the god of wine and nature. For similar see: Animali di Bronzo del Museo archaologico al teatro romano di Verona, fig. 114. Size: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 117g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Tradart, May 2011; Ex. Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part I, Cleveland, 1981, 107, Christie's, A Peaceable Kingdom, The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, London, 26 October 2004, 56. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.