Ca. 1000 BC. A votive figure of a bull in a layer of sheet silver. The animal is standing in a naturalistic position, the thick muscular neck with the dewlap handing from the neck to between the forelegs and extending beneath the body, the large head with a prominent rounded muzzle, large oval shaped eyes deeply recessed for inlays (now missing), beneath a heavy brown with incised ridged details. The head detailing small curving horns, two small-folded ears beneath the horns. Item comes with a professional historical report from Ancient Report Specialists. For similar see: Bonhams, 16th April 2015, lot 44. For a gold example see: Musee de Louvre, Paris, acc. No. AO 14680. The bull votive may stand for the god Baal in animal form who in his human shape is also depicted with horns. Size: L:50mm / W:70mm ; 24gProvenance: Property of a London collector A. J., acquired from Rasoul Gallery, Mayfair, 1996; formerly in an old European family collection formed in the late 1970s.