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THBRare Anatolian Hittite Copper Bull Effigy Figure
Lot 60c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Near East, Anatolia, Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age, Hittite culture, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE. A spectacular bronze bull figurine cast from copper with silver caps set over its snout and horn tips. The slender, inward curving legs may have attached to the top of a wooden scepter or pole - standards discovered at the famous site Alaca Hoyuk, feature similarly slender bodies with bowed feet. This effigy figure with no obvious utilitarian function, may have had religious significance or was used for an offering, perhaps as an idol figure of a primordial bovine! Many deities in Near Eastern religions were represented or associated with bulls, such as Taru, Lamassu, Hadad, Teshub, Gavaevodat. Besides religious use, bulls were a recurring theme in near eastern art, most likely symbolizing the leader of the herd, that were known for strength and virility. Size: 5.5" L x 2.5" W x 3.5" H (14 cm x 6.4 cm x 8.9 cm); 4.75" H (12.1 cm) on included custom stand; silver quality: 98% to 99%.
This was previously listed at Sotheby's New York Antiquities auction, June 2010, lot 81.
Provenance: Private New York, USA collection, acquired prior to 1969.
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#187561Missing front hoof as shown. Professionally repaired with some visible break lines and infill along fissures. Horns, front legs and one rear hoof are reattached. Pitting along the spine. Surface is professionally cleaned with some remaining green patina. Silver has dark toning.Condition
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