This fourth-century B.C. deer statue was found in Filippovka, Russia, in the southern Ural Mountains, in the 1980s. Measuring 20.5 inches high, it is made of wood with silver, gold and bronze covering. It is now in the collection of the Archaeological Museum, Ufa.
The deer is one of 224 items found in a secret compartment of a burial chamber that had been previously looted. The statue is in the Scythian-Siberian Animal style and is part of a larger deer motif that appeared on many of the artifacts. The Scythian-Siberian Animal Style refers not only to the aesthetic attributes and technique, but also to the type of image (mythological or zoomorphic) depicted.
This fourth-century B.C. deer statue was found in Filippovka, Russia, in the southern Ural Mountains, in the 1980s. Measuring 20.5 inches high, it is made of wood with silver, gold and bronze covering. It is now in the collection of the Archaeological Museum, Ufa. The deer is one of 224 items found in a secret compartment of a burial chamber that had been previously looted. The statue is in the Scythian-Siberian Animal style and is part of a larger deer motif that appeared on many of the artifacts. The Scythian-Siberian Animal Style refers not only to the aesthetic attributes […]
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