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LOT 0491
Eastern Mediterranean Terracotta Jug
IRON AGE, CIRCA 700-500 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (253 grams, 14.7 cm high).
With tapering rounded bottom, deep shoulder, tall neck pinched to a triangular shape spout, strap handle to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Opening Bid: £350
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Eastern Greek Bronze Standing Bull Statuette
Circa 11th-9th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With thick ribbed neck, crescent horns and prominent genitals; mounted on a custom-made stand. 141 grams total, 86 mm wide including stand
From the collection of D. Smith, Sussex, UK, 1990s.
Like dozens of similar statuettes depicting animals or human figures, this bronze bull was probably offered by a worshipper during a sacrifice. A large number of statuettes were found in a thick layer of ash from the altar of Zeus at Olympia. In 2021, a similar statuette, with protruding horns, was found in the sanctuary. Bulls and horses were the favourite cultic animals in the Cretan, Achaean and Archaic Greek civilisations. The model of the long and narrow body was borrowed from the Near East.
