late 7th to early 8th centuries
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.
H. 31.5 x W. 39.2 x D. 8 cm (12 3/8 x 15 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Leaded bronze
5th-2nd century BCEIberianWood, gesso and paint
20th centuryAmericanPlaster
19th centuryItalianAlabaster
2nd century BCE-1st century CESabaeanIron
JapaneseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseClay, unfired
Central AsianWood
EgyptianWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy and crystal-inset eyes
17th centuryJapaneseGlazed ceramic, steel, painted hardwood
21st centuryAmericanSandstone
18th centuryGermanBronze, on ochre-colored marble base
16th-17th centuryItalian