Bull's Head Wall Bracket

Bull's Head Wall Bracket

Description:

Pottery wall bracket in the form of an elongated oval plate with a semi-circular combustion chamber at the bottom and a bull's head at the top; used either as a lamp holder or for burning incense. The bull's muzzle and ears are painted red; there are geometric patterns in red. The bull's horns are broken.


Dimensions: Height: 15.60 centimetres of plate ; Width: 4.90 centimetres


Object Type: lamp-holder; incense-burner


Techniques: painted

Period:

Geometric III

Date:

850 - 750 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Gastria

Accession Number:

1980,1001.184