160c: Designs on Bases of Couchant Animals

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/20/4
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 5.9 x 10.8 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a rectangular relief of a deer facing right. It has antlers, although they could be leaves. The lower left corner is missing; it has not been reconstructed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Designs on bases of couchant animals, like (b): 600-500 B.C.
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/20], 160: Miscellaneous Small Ivory Carvings