LOT 185 A Canaanite bronze bull
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A Canaanite bronze bull
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Depicted standing fore-square, its tail and head facing downwards, with two small ears beneath long narrow horns, projecting forward and curving inward at their tips, the large eyes deeply recessed for now-missing inlays, 5.4cm high注脚Provenance:
with Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in November 1991.
In Canaanite art, the bull is thought to represent the animal form of the god Baal, the most powerful deity in the pantheon.
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