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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A NURAGHIC BRONZE BULL
SARDINIAN, CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A NURAGHIC BRONZE BULL
SARDINIAN, CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast with hollow ears projecting back from the inward-curving horns, a rounded snout and incised eyes, the hooves well detailed, with a short tail and prominent testicles bisected by a shallow groove at the back
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long
SARDINIAN, CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast with hollow ears projecting back from the inward-curving horns, a rounded snout and incised eyes, the hooves well detailed, with a short tail and prominent testicles bisected by a shallow groove at the back
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long
Literature
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 274.