Painted Stag Figurine

Painted Stag Figurine

Description:

Painted terracotta figurine of a stag; hand-made; slender cylindrical body, short tail and arching stumpy legs; small upright tail; tall neck with a long head (snout broken off), small ears and bulging eyes; pellets of clay on the antlers; made of buff clay, decorated with black and red paint on the body; the eyes are circled in black; surface worn.


Dimensions: Height: 11.40 centimetres; Length: 5.80 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.488