SculptureGreek6th century BCE

Bull

6th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.2 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm (7/8 x 1 11/16 x 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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