The Molossian Hounds
The Molossian Hounds
Circa 1850
Stock Number: 8769//GSO
Height
127.00cm
[50.00 inches]
Width 62.00cm [24.41 inches]
Depth 125.00cm [49.21 inches]
Width 62.00cm [24.41 inches]
Depth 125.00cm [49.21 inches]
Sold
A fine pair of mid 19th Century marble dogs based on a Roman copy of a Greek Hellenistic, probably bronze, Molossian Hound, an ancestor of the modern Mastif. A famous Roman example of this model (although lacking a tail) was bought by Henry Constantine Jennings ""A fine dog it was, and a lucky dog was I to purchase it"" in around 1754. Dog Jennings, as he was later to be known, named it the Dog of Alcibiadies Tail.
Other Items from this Category
