Object Details
- Description
- Small, red-brown earthenware vessel in the shape of a bull. The body is long and tubular, with a thick rump and high exaggerated hump. Two high horns form a crescent shape and the body sits on four stubby feet. The mouth of the animal opens into a small scoop-like spout. Small modelled ears on each side, flattened spots of clay for eyes.Genitals modelled underneath. Lightly burnished.
- Bull is in 5 pieces, see Conservation Note #2
- Provenance
- To 1965
- Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel. [1]
- From 1965 to 1996
- Frank and Joan Mount, Alexandria, Virginia, purchased from Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel. [2]
- From 1996
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Frank and Joan Mount, Alexandria, Virginia. [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Galerie Israel
- Frank and Joan Mount
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joan and Frank Mount
- 1st millennium B.C. ?
- Accession Number
- FSC-P-4741a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Pottery
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11.3 x 6.3 x 16.7 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 6 9/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- bull
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-P-4741a-e
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye363abc1a6-1a19-4c4a-85bd-42c9e6540f50
