Rhyton in the Form of a Bull's Head
4.5 cm 7.2 cm 4.1 cm
Citation Source imageThis small steatite vessel is carved in the form of a bull’s head, with modeled and incised details, including a double axe on the brow. Other materials would have been used to create the horns and the inlay of the deeply carved eyes. The back of the neck has been carved smoot...
Sculpture
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id
31656
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Leon Gruel, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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| style |
style
Minoan style
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.194_Side_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.194_Side_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.194_Side_BW.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.194 |