Stamp seal

Object Details

• Description

  Dome shaped stamp seal with stag motif, seated to right with streamers. Inscription at 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock. Seals with the motif of a stag have been excavated on sealings or bullae at sites like Takht-e Sulaiman and Qasr Abu Nasr in Iran. The stag was considered a royal animal in Sasanian art and is a frequent motif on Sasanian seals.

• Provenance

  From prior to 1973 to 1999

  Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gorelick, Chevy Chase, Maryland, acquired by Dr. Leonard Gorelick before 1973. [1]

  From 1999

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gorelick, Chevy Chase, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gorelick

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gorelick

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 200s

• Name

  Gorelick, Leonard

• Topic

  Stag, Art, Dome-shaped seal, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Sasanian Pahlavi script, Chalcedony

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment