2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A ZEBU
2ND CENTURY A.D.
With short horns and deep dewlap, standing with head turned to one side, on integral plinth, mounted; a Roman bronze bull, similar, standing on high integral plinth, 2nd Century A.D.; an Egyptian bronze Apis bull with sun disc between its horns, mounted, Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C.; a Syro-Hittite bronze bull with short curled horns, mounted, circa 800 B.C.; an Amlash bronze bull with chased detail, mounted; a bronze zebu with high hump and suspension loop on its back; two other bronze bulls, 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C.; a Roman bronze eagle with chased detail, standing on integral attachment plaque, 4th Century A.D.; and another bronze eagle, mounted, 1st-2nd Century A.D.
2 5/8 to 7/8 in. (6.7 to 2.2 cm.) high (10)
2ND CENTURY A.D.
With short horns and deep dewlap, standing with head turned to one side, on integral plinth, mounted; a Roman bronze bull, similar, standing on high integral plinth, 2nd Century A.D.; an Egyptian bronze Apis bull with sun disc between its horns, mounted, Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C.; a Syro-Hittite bronze bull with short curled horns, mounted, circa 800 B.C.; an Amlash bronze bull with chased detail, mounted; a bronze zebu with high hump and suspension loop on its back; two other bronze bulls, 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C.; a Roman bronze eagle with chased detail, standing on integral attachment plaque, 4th Century A.D.; and another bronze eagle, mounted, 1st-2nd Century A.D.
2 5/8 to 7/8 in. (6.7 to 2.2 cm.) high (10)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's mother between the late 1940s-1960s.
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