Stamp with Running Rabbit and Hare
400 - 550 CE
Description
Double-ended terracotta stamp, with a representation of a running rabbit or hare at each end. The animals are very similar, but one is larger and may have been intended to represent a hare, with the smaller animal a rabbit. The animals are stylized. On one end, the ears are broken off.
Dimensions
4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.) 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Provenance
English collection (by 1980) sold; to [Jeffrey Spier, Ancient Coins and Antiquities, NY, 1980-1982] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1982-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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