Statuette of the Apis Bull (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The cult of Apis remained popular in the Roman period, although Roman renderings of the bull such as this statuette were more naturalistic than their Egyptian forerunners.
hollow-cast leaded bronze with silver inlaid eyes
Gift of the Fabergé Society of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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