id: 150821 accession number: 1982.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.2 updated: 2022-01-04 16:56:27.525000 Elk Fawn Finial, 400-200 BC. Western Asia, Scythian, 5th-3rd Century BC. Gold, solid cast; overall: 1.9 x 0.6 x 1.8 cm (3/4 x 1/4 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.2 title: Elk Fawn Finial title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 400-200 BC creation date earliest: -400 creation date latest: -200 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Western Asia, Scythian, 5th-3rd Century BC technique: gold, solid cast department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 1.9 x 0.6 x 1.8 cm (3/4 x 1/4 x 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1982 opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1983: "Year in Review 1982," Bull., LXX (Jan. 1983), p. 50, no. 6, repr. p. 6 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This artistically sensitive depiction of an elk fawn describes its features with great artistry, form harmonizing with function. Although a nomadic culture, the Scythians were noted as much for their virtuosity in metalwork as for their equestrian skills. Made of solid gold, this finial is an exquisite example of portable wealth. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. page number: Reproduced: p. 327, fig. 2 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 11 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.2/1982.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.2/1982.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.2/1982.2_full.tif