A NORTH CAUCASIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A ZEBU

CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A NORTH CAUCASIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A ZEBU
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
With short curved horns and curly forelock, pronounced eyes and nostrils, a heavy dewlap and a hump at the base of the neck, a long tail and exaggerated genitalia, standing foursquare on an integral base plate
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long

Provenance

Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) collection, Switzerland.
A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals; Christie's, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 368.
Private collection, UK.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. P. Kozloff, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 39.

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