Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer
late 7th to early 8th centuries
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.
Dimensions
H. 33 x W. 40.4 x D. 9 cm (13 x 15 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
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