A German gilt bronze model of a recumbent bull

A German gilt bronze model of a recumbent bull, the body pierced with holes, late 17th / early 18th century, 5.7cm high, 9.9cm wide, on a later ebonized plinth.

Provenance:

Christie's, European Works of Art and Sculpture, 2nd July 1996, Lot 182.

Purchased from William Agnew, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 1999.

The Collection of the Late P. J. Rankin.