3rd millennium BCE
Reduced bronze copy of a stage from the royal graves of D'Alaca Huyuk. Cult standard. The stag stands upon a standard with four branches, rounded at the top. The stag itself is decorated with seven concentric circles on each side and a Chevron pattern around the neck. (In the original the incised patters are inlaid with silver and the entire head is covered with silver. Each of the two antlers has seven branches, symmetrically arranged. The tail is short. Original made of either copper or bronze.
greatest dimens.: 14 x 8 x 4 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Faience
18th centuryGermanGray limestone with traces of polychromy
7th-8th centuryChineseBronze
9th century BCEIranianTerracotta
Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseBrown glass paste
18th centuryBritishIvory
14th centuryFrenchPlaster
19th centuryItalianMarble
3rd century BCE-1st century CEGraeco-RomanTerracotta, toned brown
19th-20th centuryEuropeanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEMycenaean