between 499 and 400 B.C.
greyish-brown limestone
20 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 835
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 835-839 present animals as their principal subjects. Although 835 has no parallel among Achaemenian designs, it is included here becasue the lions, in respect to their erect posture as well as the linerar treatment of their muscles, resemble the animals in contest scenes of the fully developed Achaemenian style."--Porada, CANES, p. 104
Summary:
Fallen stag flanked at either side by attacking lion -- Crescent in sky.
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