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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
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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

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