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Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
Cattle were introduced to Cyprus early in the second millennium B.C. Bulls first appear in Cypriot art around 1900 B.C. and thereafter become prominent iconographic symbols, perhaps with religious significance.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
c. 1450-1200 B.C.
Terracotta
11.4in
74.51.827
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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