A pair of sculpted marble models of Molossian guard dogs, after a 2nd century AD Roman model, the 'Jennings Dog' or the 'Dog of Alcibiades', 20th century, portrayed as seated on their haunches and opposing, on rectangular section marble plinths with panel sides, 155cm high overall, the bases 71cm high, 65cm wide, 50cm deep Bidders from the UK and outside of the European Union should be aware that additional import charges may apply The Jennings Dog (also known as the Duncombe Dog or the Dog of Alcibiades) is named after its first modern owner Henry Constantine Jennings. It is a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze original, and is 1.05 metres high. Although it is one of only a small number of animal sculptures surviving from antiquity, a pair of similar marble mastiffs of the same model can be seen in the Belvedere Court of the Vatican Museums The breed has been identified by the British Museum as a Molossian guard dog. This breed was native to Epirus in north-western Greece, which was sacked by Rome in 168 BC, so it is assumed to have been associated with some civic monument in Epirus and to have been brought to Rome after the sacking. Pliny mentions a highly valued bronze dog surviving in Rome into his lifetime, before being lost in 69 AD