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Bull

Mycenaean, 1400 – 1100 BC
TTerracotta, painted with black-brown colour.
L 8.8 cm H 6 cm

Figure of a bull with an elongated cylindrical body, straight, tapering legs splaying outwards; long, slightly tapering muzzle and large, upward-curved horns. The entire figure is decorated with lines. Intact.

cf.

cf. The British Museum number: 1870,1008.127

H.-G. Buchholz, V. Karageorghis, Altägäis und Altkypros, Tübingen 1971, no. 1252

Provenance

German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired prior to December 1991 on the German art market.

Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

Price
€ 3,800
Item
7462