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Object photograph·C06720·1927–1931

Bronze Sculpture

Bronze sculpture of a bull, head and forequarters seen from the front
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06720. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bronze sculpture of a standing bull, shown from the front in a close view of its head, neck and forequarters. It has long curved horns, ears set out to the sides, a broad muzzle and loose folds of skin along the neck, with a dark, slightly pitted surface. The lower legs are cut off by the bottom edge of the frame, against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Sculpture.