Terracotta vase in the form of a bull - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta vase in the form of a bull

Cattle were introduced to Cyprus early in the second millennium B.C. Bulls first appear in Cypriot art around 1900 B.C. and thereafter become prominent iconographic symbols, perhaps with religious significance. H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.825

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 391, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 22, pp. 27, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.