Vaphio Cup II / Cup with Capture of Bulls using Cow as Decoy / Detail: Heads of bulls / ca.1500_B.C.

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Work Title: Vaphio Cup II; Cup with Capture of Bulls using Cow as Decoy
View Title: Detail: Heads of bulls
Creator/Culture: Culture: Mycenaean or Minoan
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Tholos tomb, Vaphio (Laconia, Peloponnese , Greece); Repository: National Archaeological Museum (Athens, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece)
Period/Date: ca.1500_B.C.
Media/Technique: gold
Dimensions: height: 7.94 cm (3.125 inches)
Subjects: Greece; Art, Mycenaean; Minoan art; Grave goods; Metalwork; Cups; Relief (sculpture techniques); Bulls; Hunting; Cows; Decoys
Work Record ID: 217639
Image Record ID: 813810
Classification Filing Number: 531; C43; 63VCB 1f

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 813810
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-813810/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 813810. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-813810/1. April 19, 2024.