Figurine

Attachment

48-2-154

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Turkey (Country) | Phrygia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-154
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (Country) | Phrygia
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Bull Head
Description

Bull's head. Patina removed in 1966. Ends of horns are missing, and part of left ear. Bull's mask is hollow cast. Mask was probably a decorative attachment or possibly a lid.. Details of hair, cross-hatched forelock, and nose wrinkles were made by deep grooves.

Height 6.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 52 - Collector Number | L-2-170 - Old Loan Number

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