Painted Stag Figurine, Archaic Cypriot statue
Painted Stag Figurine, Archaic Cypriot, c. 750–450 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.488.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic

Painted Stag Figurine

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

Classification

Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
750 - 450 BC
Findspot
Amathus

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Accession No.

1894,1101.488

Collection

Provenance

  • Amathus

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