Roman mouse statuette. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD (Bronze, length 2.7 cm, 21.71 g). Small bronze mice were frequently featured in Roman art. Since they are often shown nibbling at a morsel food, as presented here, scholars have suggested that mice served as protective figures to guard food stores (see H.B. Werness, Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, p. 285). Untouched green patina.

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Roman mouse statuette. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD (Bronze, length 2.7 cm, 21.71 g). Small bronze mice were frequently featured in Roman art. Since they are often shown nibbling at a morsel food, as presented here, scholars have suggested that mice served as protective figures to guard food stores (see H.B. Werness, Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, p. 285). Untouched green patina.

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