Ancient Seal Leaping Stag Ornament

Inspired by an ancient Mesopotamian seal depicting a stag leaping down from a mountain with trees and a bird, these ornaments will add some sparkle to your holiday season! Available in a gold or silver-tone glass with glittering finishes and blue accents, these ornaments were made exclusively for the Morgan Library & Museum.

The Morgan's seals collection is one of the most distinguished in the United States and among the best known in the world. Generally only an inch in height, engraved seals are among the smallest objects ever produced by sculptors. They were carved in great detail with simple tools on semi precious stones. These engraved objects provide a continuous artistic and chronological sequence of more than three thousand years. The seals collection covers all the significant styles of Mesopotamian engraving from the end of the fifth millennium B.C. to the fourth century B.C. as well as most of the styles of other countries of ancient Western Asia. Areas of particular strength include seals of the second millennium B.C. made outside southern Mesopotamia (Cappadocia, Syria, and Mitannia) as well as Old Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian seals. The Middle Assyrian seals are among the finest in any collection.