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BOEOTIAN, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE BULL
BOEOTIAN, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Naturalistically modelled, with short horns above his pointed ears, the poll incised, with round eyes, indented nostrils, incised zigzag for his teeth, ridges along the muzzle and the back of the neck, the long tail falling between the hind legs
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long
BOEOTIAN, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Naturalistically modelled, with short horns above his pointed ears, the poll incised, with round eyes, indented nostrils, incised zigzag for his teeth, ridges along the muzzle and the back of the neck, the long tail falling between the hind legs
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Marion Schuster, Lausanne.
Mathilde de Goldschmidt Rothschild; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1989, lot 80.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
Mathilde de Goldschmidt Rothschild; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1989, lot 80.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
Literature
K. Schefold, Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst, Basel, 1960, p. 224, no. V 260, ill. p. 225, fig. 260.
Exhibited
Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst, Basel, Switzerland, 1960.
The Divine and the Domestic: Ancient Art from the Mediterranean, Charlottesville, Virginia, Bayly Art Museum, 30 January - 22 March 1998.
The Divine and the Domestic: Ancient Art from the Mediterranean, Charlottesville, Virginia, Bayly Art Museum, 30 January - 22 March 1998.