Fabriquer des figurines d'animaux dans l’Antiquité : techniques et matériaux

This paper outlines ancient techniques for manufacturing zoomorphic figurines: both the production of single figurines (by carving hard materials such as wood, stone, bone or ivory, by modelling clay or turning clay on a potter's wheel, by casting bronze or other metals) and, conversely, the use of different techniques using moulds for mass-production of identical fig-urines in clay or metal. Emphasis is placed on the technical lim-itations imposed by the representation of animals in opposition to anthropomorphic figurines.