Cow
late 4th-mid 2nd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
alabaster
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
This cow has its head bent back to the left. The top of a strut (possibly a rock) is attached to the body. The tail and four legs are broken off.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as found in Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt
(Place of Origin)
Asia Minor (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/16 x L: 6 15/16 in. (10.3 x 17.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.181