Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Steatite with chlorite
- Dimensions
- 4 5/16 × 3 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (11 × 9.5 × 3.5 cm)
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1950
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The museum metadata identifies bulls as the subject, and the image visibly shows bovine figures modeled in raised relief.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 84%
The worn relief retains differentiated anatomical features, including eyes, muzzles, ears, legs, and linear body markings.
Medium and Techniques
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the object to approximately 3300–2900 BCE, placing it within ancient art.
Geographic Regions
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Asian Art Metadata · 86%
The object is held by the department of Ancient West Asian Art, supporting the broad regional category of Asian art; the supplied metadata does not establish a narrower geographic origin.
Materials
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Stone Metadata · 98%
The recorded medium is steatite with chlorite, both stone-based materials.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Bowl Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the object as a bowl and titles it a fragment of a bowl.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.