拍品 131
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF AN APIS BULL
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF AN APIS BULL

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

細節
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF AN APIS BULL
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Standing with right foreleg in front, with heavy dewlap and long tail, a lunar crescent between curved horns and another incised on the animals' left flank, mounted
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long
來源
Sold Sotheby's London, 11 July 1988, lot 265.
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拍品專文

In Roman times the sun-disc, which was always shown between the horns of the Apis, was replaced by a lunar crescent, a feature probably derived from the cult of Isis. The image of the crescent is found on Hadrianic coins, on a stone bull at Beneventum, and a striding bronze bull now in the Louvre (N3763). According to both Pliny and Aelian, the Apis bull had a bright, half-moon shaped spot on its flank.