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ELAMITE BRONZE BULL STATUETTE
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (215 grams, 10.5 cm).
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (215 grams, 10.5 cm).
Modelled in the round as a zebu standing on all four legs with dewlap and crescent horns.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s.
From a private collection of an Exeter gentleman since 2015.
LITERATURE:
See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, for discussion.