Acquisition number: 1996.02
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The left legs have been broken away and rejoined and the lower part of the left foreleg is restored; otherwise the figurine is in quite good condition but for a small chip from the side of the left horn. The decoration is a little worn and there is some slight incrustation.
Fine buff clay, smoothly finished. The figurine is made of thin rolls of clay; pointed feet. Fairly dull, red- to dark-brown paint; there are lines running along the body and legs, and short strokes on the upper side of the horns and nose.
Title: Mycenaean Figurine of a Bull - 1996.02
Acquisition number: 1996.02
Culture or period: Mycenaean Late Helladic.
Date: Mycenaean Late Helladic III B1-B2: 13th century BC.
Material: Clay
Object type: Sculpture and figurines
Dimensions: 102mm (l) × 72mm (h)
Origin region or location: Greece
Display case or on loan: 1
Keywords: Mycenaean, Late Helladic, Figurine
Charles Ede Ltd (London), Mycenaean Pottery and Terracottas II (May 1996) no. 4 (colour ill.).
1996.02
Mycenaean Figurine of a Bull
Purchased. Max. ht 7.2cm (to tip of horn); max. length 10.2cm.
The left legs have been broken away and rejoined and the lower part of the left foreleg is restored; otherwise the figurine is in quite good condition but for a small chip from the side of the left horn. The decoration is a little worn and there is some slight incrustation.
Fine buff clay, smoothly finished. The figurine is made of thin rolls of clay; pointed feet. Fairly dull, red- to dark-brown paint; there are lines running along the body and legs, and short strokes on the upper side of the horns and nose.
Late Helladic III B1-B2; thirteenth century BC. For the fundamental discussion, see Elizabeth French, “The Development of Mycenaean Terracotta Figurines”, Annual of the British School at Athens 66, 1971, 101-187, at 151-158. Compare also L. Marangou (ed.), Minoan and Greek Civilisation from the Mitsotakis Collection (Athens 1992) no. 153.
Contrast the bronze figurine of a bull of the Classical period, 1977.01 in this catalogue.
Charles Ede Ltd (London), Mycenaean Pottery and Terracottas II (May 1996) no. 4 (colour ill.).