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Beaker with a deer

Unknown-4000/-3000

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden, Netherlands

This beaker is made of cream-coloured pottery. The brownish-purple painting is characteristic of work produced in Persia in the 4th millennium BC. Two sides display a more or less identical scene within a framework of line and lozenge motifs: the stylised image of a deer stands freely in the allotted space. The creature sports a colossal pair of antlers, the horns of which branch out in near-expressionist style. A bird has alighted on the deer’s backside. A number of near-identical beakers have been found. The unusual feature of this one is the image of the little bird standing on the deer’s back, a scene that is almost without parallel.

Details

  • Title: Beaker with a deer
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: -4000/-3000
  • Location: Tepe Sialk, Iran
  • Physical Dimensions: h20.1 cm
  • Datering: c. 3800 BC
  • Afmetingen: h: 20,1 cm
  • Type: beaker
  • External Link: https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/topstukken/beker-5/
  • Medium: earthenware

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