Mortuary Figure of the Zodiac Sign: Ox (Taurus)
A seated figure in a long robe with an ox head, its ears and snout modeled in relief and its hands clasped within the sleeves. The gray earthenware is worn, with patches of dark and reddish slip showing across the surface.
Look closer: Faint red pigment remains on the robe along the left side of the figure.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 500s
- Medium
- gray earthenware with traces of slip
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2553 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 599).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection