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Relief with a Bull

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Date: 350–300 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta with foil gilding
Culture: Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)
Department: Sculpture
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: f7e24d2f-a4d4-4c95-ad6b-47534adaa420

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The bull is depicted facing left with its head tilted in three-quarter view. Its left front hoof is raised, and the back right hoof extends forward; the tail curves around in a full loop. There is little depth and the animal stands on a long, thin base. The relief was gilded; the back is undecorated and unarticulated. A hole was pierced through the bull’s left shoulder to attach this section of ornamental relief to furniture or a sarcophagus.

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