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Votive Figurine of a Deer

Votive Figurine of a Deer

SculptureGreek6th-5th century BCE

Votive Figurine of a Deer

mid 6th-early 5th century BCE

Description

Flat lead figurine of a deer with legs bent out of shape; the antlers present on other examples appear to have broken off. The plain back of the figurine suggests that it was cast in a one-sided mold; surplus lead seeped out during the casting process and still lines the animal's contours.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast

Medium

Lead

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th-5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.8 x 3.1 cm (1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Humfry Payne Collection (?-1936), England. [Galerie Gunter Puhze, Freiburg, Germany, 2001], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (2001-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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