Late Bronze Age III
Terracotta statue of a bull
The statuette of a bull is handmade and hollow. The facial characteristics and the shoulder hump are realistically rendered. H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1808
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LXXV.674, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2070, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 2. no. O(ii)4, p. 41, pl. XXII.7, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 24, pp. 28, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.