Featured How old are these bronze bulls?

hunt2 · Feb 27, 2024

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It might have been helpful if you had explained all of this in your initial post, so that we could have responded more effectively. So, you bought these back from the catawiki guy because you think you initially misidentified them?

In terms of file marks, hand files continue to be used today, often for minor adjustments such as fitting a casting to a plinth. I cannot comment on the screw threads, as I cannot see them.

Your figures are very stylized, but you have focused on the shape of the horns. Granted, they are not the typical way that Spanish bulls' horns are depicted. You found a photo of a Scottish highlander with similarly shaped horns, but they seem to come in a variety of shapes -

https://depositphotos.com/similar-images/333466214.html

If your criteria is scientific accuracy, there is no indication of the hairy coats of highland cattle. They also are not known for particularly aggressive postures.

A great variety of patination methods have been used for centuries. Even if your observation of similarities between the bulls and some 17th-18th century bronze objects is accurate, there is no reason that the same type of surface cannot be created today.

It is clear that you want the bulls to be older, but you need to consider style as well as the details. This type of abstracted, blocky, "brutalist" form does not appear in art until the 20th century.
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ok thanks, 20TH Century brutalist is also good, so no worryś evrything is fine. willl try next time to be more tactfull. my apologies.

kentworld · Mar 1, 2024

hunt2 said: ↑

ok thanks, 20TH Century brutalist is also good, so no worryś evrything is fine. willl try next time to be more tactfull. my apologies.
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I suspect English is not your native language, so it is so easy to be misunderstood when writing rather than listening to someone speak. Best rule is to have clear photos of tops, bottoms and any marks as well as telling all you know about your item. That way other members answering you will have the best chance to help you. Welcome to Antiquers!

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