Harvard Art Museums > 1939.180.A: Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer , 1939.180.A,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/216663. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.180.A Title Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, relief Date late 7th to early 8th centuries Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Find Spot: Middle East, Iran, Chal Tarkhan Period Umayyad period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/216663 Physical Descriptions Medium stucco Dimensions H. 31.5 x W. 39.2 x D. 8 cm (12 3/8 x 15 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Trustees of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Accession Year 1939 Object Number 1939.180.A Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions 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. Publication History Deborah Thompson, Stucco from Chal Tarkhan-Eshqabad near Rayy, Aris and Phillips (Warminster, Wiltshire, England, 1976), pp. 50-54 and 169, cat. 176, plan IV. Related Works 1939.180.B Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer Sculpture Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
