Lot no. 260
SET OF 5 ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS Bronze Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 4th-3rd century BC - Belt plate with two felines; 4 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Plaque in the form of a hare; 2.5 x 3.2 x 0.2 cm. Published in Treasures of the Eurasian Steppes. Animal art from 800 BC to 200 AD, ed. by T. Pang, P. Mak, Ariadne Galleries, 1998, n. 127, p. 120 - Cat-shaped pectoral plate; 2.5 x 5 x 0.4 cm. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 203, fig. 2; Treasures of the Eurasian Steppes. Animal art from 800 BC to 200 AD, ed. by T. Pang, P. Mak, Ariadne Galleries, 1998, no. 116, 117, 124, pp. 112, 119 - Snake-shaped harness; 2.1 x 3.7 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Rectangular openwork harness plate with a snake in the centre; 3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 GROUP COMPRISING 5 ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS Bronze Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 4th-3rd century BC - Belt plaque with two felines; 4 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Hare-shaped plaque; 2.5 x 3.2 x 0.2 cm. Published in Treasures of the Eurasian Steppes. Animal art from 800 BC to 200 AD, ed. by T. Pang, P. Mak, Ariadne Galleries, 1998, no. 127, p. 120 - Feline-shaped pectoral plaque; 2.5 x 5 x 0.4 cm. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padua, 2008, p. 203, fig. 2; Treasures of the Eurasian Steppes. Animal art from 800 BC to 200 AD, ed. by T. Pang, P. Mak, Ariadne Galleries, 1998, nos. 116, 117, 124, pp. 112, 119 - Snake-shaped harness fitting; 2.1 x 3.7 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Rectangular openwork harness plaque with a snake in the centre; 3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975
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