
Late Bronze Age II
Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
Ring-handle over bull's nose and white binding-pattern. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); length 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Bull and cattle
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1600 - 1050 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 337, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.803, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 337
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