Bull-headed protoma, vessel decoration, unknown Urartian workshop. Protoma depicting a stylized bull's head with linear details: large convex eyeballs surrounded by a straight line, two horizontal lines marking the nostrils; small protruding ears plastically modeled; schematically chipped horns slightly curved upward. The neck is slightly elongated with a triangular bulge at the front. At the bottom rear is a rectangular cutout that served to mount the protoma on the rim of a cauldron. Typical Urartian art decoration of cauldrons. 8th–7th century BC Urartu, ca. 850–585 BC. Near East;
GLIX-115-3EC7FFG
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
Penta Springs, Geo Naturalis
Leírás
Bull-headed protoma, vessel decoration, unknown Urartian workshop. Protoma depicting a stylized bull's head with linear details: large convex eyeballs surrounded by a straight line, two horizontal lines marking the nostrils; small protruding ears plastically modeled; schematically chipped horns slightly curved upward. The neck is slightly elongated with a triangular bulge at the front. At the bottom rear is a rectangular cutout that served to mount the protoma on the rim of a cauldron. Typical Urartian art decoration of cauldrons. 8th–7th century BC Urartu, ca. 850–585 BC. Near East;