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Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer

Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer

Sculpture7th-8th century

Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer

late 7th to early 8th centuries

Description

Stucco relief fragments in Sasanian style set in modern plaster support, representing a male figure with nimbus, dressed in coat and trousers and wearing a low crown, seated on the back of a stag in flying gallop. Head and chest of the rider are frontal. He holds on to the stag’s left antler with his left hand while carrying a detached antler (formerly the stag’s right?) in his extended right hand. Two ribbons flutter from his back.

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

stucco

Period

Umayyad period

Century

7th-8th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

H. 31.5 x W. 39.2 x D. 8 cm (12 3/8 x 15 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

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