A terracotta male head and an Apis bull, Roman Period

A terracotta male head and an Apis bull, Roman Period, 1st - 2nd Century AD, the head of the bull depicted wearing a solar headdress, the male head with naturalistic detail. The head of the Apis Bull with traces of dressing, H: 4 ¾ in (12.1 cm), the male head with some weathering, H: 3 ½ in (8.9 cm). For an identical example of the Apis Bull see Bailey, Ptolemaic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt in the British Museum, pl. 130, no. 3719. Ex English private collection purchased in Egypt in the early 20th Century.
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