Form of a bull, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot zoomorphic vessel, White Painted ware — Form of a bull, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, White Painted ware, c. 1725–1600 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, IV 4429.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Middle Bronze Age III

Form of a bull

Form of a bull The bull -shaped casting vessel of the White Painted goods belongs to a type that is characteristic of the Cyprical Bronze Age and is represented by numerous specimens that all come from graves.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 10,2 cm, L. 16,1 cm

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware: White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsZoomorphic vessel
Motif: Bull and cattle
Material: Clay
Period: probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1725 - 1600 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

Antikensammlung, IV 4429

Collection

Provenance

Prehistoric department/nhm Vienna;1890 Purchase of Max, without judge;1958 exchange

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