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The God Apis, Holy Bull of Memphis
The God Apis, Holy Bull of Memphis

The God Apis, Holy Bull of Memphis

Date6th century B.C.
Maker Egyptian
Object number45.19
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum/ Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, March 15, 1943; Accessioned by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, March 1945
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions7 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (17.78 x 16.51 x 4.45 cm)
MediumBronze
Image Not Available for Store Front, Memphis, Tennessee
Store Front, Memphis, Tennessee
2015
Object number: 2018.16.3
Image Not Available for Bull's Head Handle
Bull's Head Handle
Byzantine
4th century
Object number: 68.215
Horus
Horus
Egyptian
4th-3rd century B.C.
Object number: 43.17
Fragment from an atef crown (crown of Upper Egypt) for an Osiris statue
Fragment from an atef crown (crown of Upper Egypt) for an Osiris statue
Egyptian
304 - 30 B.C.
Object number: 59.115
Figure of a cat
Figure of a cat
Egyptian
4th - 1st century B.C.
Object number: 57.169
Finial
Finial
Egyptian
Object number: 46.33
Mortar
Mortar
Egyptian
12th-13th century
Object number: 71.60
Statuette of Isis and Horus
Statuette of Isis and Horus
Egyptian
Object number: 47.20
Latus Fish
Latus Fish
Egyptian
Object number: 47.52
Waterdropper modelled as a reclining bull
Waterdropper modelled as a reclining bull
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 92.47.214
Durga Slaying the Bull Demon
Durga Slaying the Bull Demon
Indian
10th-15th century
Object number: 46.45
Mirror: Maenad and Doe
Mirror: Maenad and Doe
Etruscan
ca. 470 B.C.
Object number: 48.23