Figurine

48-2-96

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-96
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Bull
Description

Bull. Patina black with traces of brown. Object is intact. Base is low, truncated, pyramidal pedestal with molding at bottom and a foot at each corner. Bull stands with its right legs advanced, the left legs back. Looped tail rests on hindquarters. Head is slightly turned to right. Grooves mark the wrinkles in the neck.

Height 4.7 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 217 - Collector Number | L-2-133 - Old Loan Number

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