Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
Unknown
ca. 1450–1200 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Cattle were introduced to Cyprus early in the second millennium B.C. Bulls first appear in Cypriot art around 1900 B.C. and thereafter become prominent iconographic symbols, perhaps with religious significance.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1450–1200 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
