Mouse
1–199
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.4 x 1.6 cm (9/16 x 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, Rome
About
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.