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Bull
Greek
Late Geometric - Early Archaic Period
about 700–600 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 3.5 x 5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Laura K. Dalzell
Accession Number67.282
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 017.
DescriptionThe bull is of a conventional type that marks a transition from Geometric to Archaic and may have been made in parts of Greece down to 500 B.C. Green patina with earth encrustation.
Provenance1934: Laura K. Dalzell Collection (acquired while on a trip to Greece in 1934); by 1967: bequest of Miss Laura K. Dalzell to MFA, February 8, 1967