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Container in the form of a humped bull

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Container in the form of a humped bull

ca. 1000 - 1 BCE

Lines of pinched clay that indicate a tail and dewlap (loose skin hanging from the neck) interrupt the clean geometry of this striking container whose scooped-out muzzle forms a spout. The exaggerated hump affiliates this bull with the zebu family, cattle originally from the Indian subcontinent and bred across the Middle East during the Iron Age.
Polished earthenware
8 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (21.27 x 10.48 cm)
L.: 11 1/2 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
60.39
Provenance: [Khalil Rabenou, Persian Antiquities, New York]; purchased from Mr. Rabenou by Seattle Art Museum with funds from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 1960
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

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