Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 276; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 143.
Animals, 1996, III, no. 276; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 143.
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CIRCA 500 B.C.
Details
A LARGE GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BULL
CIRCA 500 B.C.
With cloven hooves, heavy dewlap and short horns with incised forelock, large lentoid eyes and pronounced genitalia, standing on integral rectangular base, hole on rump
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long
CIRCA 500 B.C.
With cloven hooves, heavy dewlap and short horns with incised forelock, large lentoid eyes and pronounced genitalia, standing on integral rectangular base, hole on rump
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long
Provenance
Formerly in a European private collection since the 1960s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium