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Ancient Art
Public domain

Deer

4th–1st century B.C.

Terracotta

9.3 × 4.3 × 12.5 cm (3 11/16 × 1 11/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Gift of Prof. William Kelly Simpson, B.A. 1947, M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1954
2009.193.1
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
Greek or South Italian
Period: 
Hellenistic(?)
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Collection of William Kelly Simpson; placed on long-term loan to Yale University Art Gallery, 1990; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by gift from the above, 2009.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).

This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
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