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Sacred Bull
(Ancient Near East )
Bulls with a silver triangle between their horns have been found in central Anatolian royal burials. The collar and holes for a nose ring suggest that the animal may have been harnessed to a god's chariot.
Provenance
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Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [with so-called Yugo-Slavian hoard], New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1980 | Undercover Stories in Art. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/7/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 4/21/1967 | Treatment | other |
| 11/13/1972 | Technical Report | other |
| 1/29/1976 | Treatment | cleaned; stabilized; other |
| 12/20/1977 | Examination | x-ray fluorescence |
| 3/30/2011 | Treatment | cleaned; stabilized; other |
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 5/8 in. (7.2 x 10.6 x 4.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1671