Relief with a Bull

Beige in color; hard, purified, and friable, with foil gilding.

Intact, surface worn.

– 1969, Fallani (Rome, Italy); 1971, Royal Athena Galleries (New York, NY), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1971.

Selected Works 1971, no. 62; Kingsley 1976, p. 14, fig. 41; Lullies 1977, pp. 247–51, no. 3.

The bull is depicted heading to the left with its head tilted in three-quarter view. The left front hoof is raised, and the back right hoof extends forward; the tail curves around full circle. There is a hole pierced through at the bull’s neck. A comparable example was found in Tomb 1 in Contrada Tesoro in Taranto.¹

Notes