Harvard Art Museums > 1953.102: Fragmentary Forepart of a Deer, Perhaps from a Rhyton Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragmentary Forepart of a Deer, Perhaps from a Rhyton , 1953.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291227. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1953.102 Title Fragmentary Forepart of a Deer, Perhaps from a Rhyton Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Iran Period Achaemenid period Culture Achaemenid Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291227 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Technique Hammered Dimensions 8.1 × 4.1 × 4.9 cm (3 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.) 41.6 grams Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from Charles Kelekian, New York. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 1953 Object Number 1953.102 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History George M. A. Hanfmann, "Acquisitions of the Fogg Art Museum: Sculpture and Figurines", American Journal of Archaeology (1954), Vol. 58, No. 3, 223-229, p. 225-26, pl. 38, figs. 6-7. David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 17, no. 73. Angela Chang and Katherine Eremin, Ancient Silverworking: A Technical Case Study, Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, ed. Susanne Ebbinghaus, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 2018), Pages 166-169, Figure 1, Page 166; Figure 2, Page 166; Figure 3, Page 167; Figure 4, Page 168; Figure 5, Page 168; Figure 6, Page 168; Figure 7, Page 168 Susanne Ebbinghaus, ed., Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 166-169, figs. 1-7 Exhibition History Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982 Related Articles Art Talk: What Can We Learn from an Ancient Silver Fragment? December 1, 2020 Related Works Straus.8844 X-radiograph(s) of "Fragment of a Rhyton (a doe)" Photographs Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
