Терракотовая фигурка быка. 3-е тыс. д.н.э.

Долина Инда. Возможно, Мохенжо-Даро. Терракотовая фигурка быка с большими рогами. Сохранилась древняя краска. Прекрасно сохранилчся. 3-е тысячелетие д.н.э. Данный тип фигурок описан в литературе и имеется во многих музейных коллекциях.

IndusValley, perhaps Mohenjo-Daro, terracotta figure of a zebu bull.
The figure is nicely modeled out of clay and shows a local type of bull with a large hump.  The horns are greatly emphasized and highlighted by painted linear designs.  The same type of linear patterns appear on the bull's body and more selective linear motifs are also applied on the head, around the eyes and the back of the animal.
Cf. related bull figurines from Nindowari illustrated in Les cites oubliees de l'Indus (Paris 1988),  cat. nos. 64-66, pp. 96-97 and a bull head from Nausharo described in Indus Civilization Exhibition (Tokyo, 2000), cat. no. 244, p. 68.
L. 3 1/2" (9 cm.)
3rd millennium BC, ca. 2400-2000 BC