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Greek bovine with long horns
Greek
Early Archaic Period
about 600 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number64.1461
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 018.
DescriptionPresumably a bull, this animal is a good specimen of a fairly common type of timeless bronze in the Geometric tradition. Usually these bulls are dated by the degree of naturalism involved, and they were certainly made in rural Greece as late as the end of the Archaic period. Examples found at Olympia come from the altar area southwest of the Metroon. Green patina, with slight corrosion.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Collection; by 1964: consigned by Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. to Origins, 159 Newbury Street, Boston; purchased by MFA from Origins, September 23, 1964