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A carved orange agate disk with the image of a standing stag on it. The stag has large horns and a neck-tie that sticks outward. There are small lines and a thick lip along the edge.

A carved orange agate disk that lies flat on a dark grey background. The center has an image of a standing stag on it with its head facing the viewer’s right. The stag has large, straight horizontal horns and a neck-tie that sticks outward. The neck-tie has two thick tails. There are small lines and a thick lip along the outside edge.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.71.78
Title
Stamp Seal: Stag with Ribbon
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Button Seal with Tethered Goat to Left Looking Back at Palmette, All Surrounded by Dotted Border
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
c. 224-651 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Iran
Period
Sasanian period
Culture
Sasanian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291043

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Agate
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
actual: 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (5/8 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Charles B. Perkins, Jamaica Plain, MA, (by 1952), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Perkins
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.71.78
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Stag with ribbon around neck looking back at palmette or flower.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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