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LOT 0250

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Man Riding Bull

12TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

2 1/2 in. (41.5 grams, 64 mm).

Standing bull with a rider on its back holding onto the horns, leaning forwards, staring the bull in the eyes and applying what is possibly a bridle decorated with a series of impressed 'dots'; the rider seated forward on the shoulders, applied eyes with central impressed 'dot', a series of dots impressed in an X-pattern between shoulders and hips at the rear and three bands of impressed dots to the legs; bull's tail held firmly between his back legs, applied eyes, shallow dots and incised line representing muzzle and mouth, applied collar at the neck decorated with three lines of impressed 'dots'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex important Mayfair, London, UK, collection, before 2000.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0250

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Man Riding Bull

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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