Rhyton in the Form of a Bull's Head

ca. 16th century BCE or early 20th century (Late Minoan or modern)

4.5 cm 7.2 cm 4.1 cm

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This 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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31656
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sculpture
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normalized
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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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CC0
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en
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1
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Minoan style
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