Was the Temple’s Bronze Sea a violation of the commandments against graven images? (1 Kings 7, Dt. 4:16-18)

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1 Kings 7:24-30 describes a huge laver in the Temple of Jerusalem, constructed by King Solomon, thus:

Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to
brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its
circumference… It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three
facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was
set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward… He also made
the ten stands of bronze; each stand was four cubits long, four cubits
wide, and three cubits high. This was the construction of the stands:
they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames and on the
panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim.
Upon the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were
wreaths of beveled work.

Was this not a violation of the commandment of Deut. 4:16-18 and similar scriptures:

Beware lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves,
in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the
likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged
bird that flies in the air…

See also: Exodus 20:4, Leviticus 26:1, Dt. 27:15