Bichrome Bull Figurine
Description: | Painted terracotta figurine of a quadruped, possibly a bull; hand-made; cylindrical body on short splaying legs; protruding head with short horns and a pellet of clay between the slightly bulging eyes; made of buff clay decorated with black and red paint: bichrome ladder motifs on the legs and neck, eyes circled in black, other anatomical details also highlighted in paint; surface worn in places. Dimensions: Height: 7.60 centimetres; Length: 5.30 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; handmade |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 500 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.193 |