Deer Motif Persian Carnelian Pendant from Mid 20th Century rhodochrosite 2" x 1 5/8"

2" x 1 5/8"

24" (beaded section 18")

In his book

both arms of the Buddha Rest against His hips

Deer Motif Persian Carnelian Pendant from Mid 20th Century rhodochrosite 2" x 1 5/8"Deer Motif Persian Carnelian Pendant from Mid 20th Century Measure approx. 1 3 4" x 1 1 4" Throughout pre Islamic Persia, the concept of The Hunt was closely related to Supernatural Valor and Heroic Attributes associated with the Divinity Mithra (Garsoan, 1981, pp. 50 54). Mithra's incarnation appears as a fine horseman hunting boars at the Dura Europos Mithraeum (Cumont; Rostovtzeff, p. 280). Barthold had already noted that the heroic image of Bahrm