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Neck of vessel with bull figure on rim

Near Eastern, Anatolian
Bronze Age, Alaca Hoyuk
2300–2000 B.C.
Object Place: Turkey, North Central Turkey, perhaps Horoztepe

Medium/Technique Cast bronze
Dimensions Height: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number1972.82
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThe neck of a bronze, spouted vessel adorned with a cast figure of a bull with long, upturned horns.
Provenance1972, sold by Leo Mildenberg (b. 1913 - d. 2001), Zurich, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1972)