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Bull figurine

Near Eastern, Anatolian
Early Bronze Age
about 2400 B.C.

Medium/Technique Copper alloy with arsenic
Dimensions Height x length: 7.5 × 11.5 cm (2 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number67.1157
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBronze bull with partial arsenic surface layer
ProvenanceBy 1962, Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III (b. 1925 – d. 2008) and Emily Townsend Vermeule (b. 1928 – d. 2001), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1967, gift of Cornelius and Emily Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1967)

NOTES:
[1] First lent to the MFA in 1962.