Bull figure

NameAnimal figure

Artist Simón Roque Roque (Santiago de Pupuja, Puno, Peru)

Date2010

Place madeSantiago de Pupuja, Puno, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, slips

Dimensions14 9/16 × 5 1/8 × 14 15/16 in. (37 × 13 × 38 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2011.41.1

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionStanding hollow bull figure, painted with white slipped ground, with brick red and olive green "saddle" and ornamentation. The bull licks his nose and has four decorative tubular pairs of ornaments down his neck and chest. There are appliqued, impressed flowers on his forehead, neck and rump, and a handle attached to the spout on his back.