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Figurine of a bull
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number96.707
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 168; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 121 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe bull is standing with head erect. The tip of the right horn and the right ear are missing. The surface has been cleaned. Brownish black patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Said to have come from Rhodes.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry. Warren, October 1896