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
