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