A Cypriot limestone votive cow
3*
A Cypriot limestone votive cow
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Standing with the right foreleg advanced, with upright ears, the details of the dewlap, eyes and mouth articulated, 7¾in (19.6cm) long, mounted
Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.

    Literature:
    For a similar votive cow from the Cesnola Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, cf. M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Boston, 1976, no. 444.

Category: Antiquities

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