God in winged sun disk above boar confronting hunter
between 550 and 450 B.C.
basalt
28 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 831
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Greek elements appear ... in 831 and 832, each of which pictures a hunting scene in which the protagonist is attired like the archers of the king's bodyguard in the colored-enamel reliefs of Susa. The arrangement of the figures in 831, which shows a dog partly hidden by a huntsman, presents a rare attempt to render in realistic perspective two fiugres of different type standing beside each other. There is a comparable rendering of such figures in a Greek vase painting of the fifth century."--Porada, CANES, p. 104
Horizontal perforation in cylinder.
Summary:
God in winged sun disk above boar confronting hunter with spear in his hand, quiver on his back, and dog beside and partly hidden by him.
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