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Bull figurine

Near Eastern, Anatolian
Bronze Age
about 2000 B.C.
Object Place: Near East, Anatolia

Medium/Technique Copper alloy with arsenic
Dimensions Height (top of horn) x length: 9.1 x 11.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William E. Nickerson Fund
Accession Number58.14
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBronze bull partially covered by arsenic-rich surface layer. It is Alaca Hoyuk type. Part of one horn is missing. The surface is partially corroded.
Provenance1957, sold by Hugo Weissmann (dealer), Boston, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1958)