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Bull finial: frontal view

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Bull finial: back view

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Title: Bull finial
Summary: Reclining bull
Material: Bronze
Sculpture Type: Vessel ornament
Category: Single monument
Technique: Solid cast
Date: ca. 300 BC - ca. 1 BC
Dimensions: L 0.139 m
Scale: Miniature
Period: Late Etruscan/Republican

Subject Description: The right side of a bull's body is preserved. The legs are bent. The bull's head is turned to the right and his tongue hangs out. A laurel branch appears on the side of the stomach of the sacrificial animal. The bull may have been attached to a brazier or tripod.

Condition: Fragmentary

Condition Description: The bull, in high relief, originally was attached to an object. The tail is broken off.

Sources Used: Comstock & Vermeule 1971, 145 no. 170