SET OF 6 ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS Bronze - Socket with knob on back depicting a horseman, 3.4 x 5.7 x 1 cm - Pendant/plate with clasp on back, H. 4.3 cm - Reptile-like hybrid animal surmounted by a parrot, L. 5 cm - Circular harness element surmounted by an equine, H. 3 cm - Harnessing element in the form of a recumbent ibex, L. 3.5 cm - Harnessing element in the shape of a reclining horse. Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 4th-3rd century BC H 2.5 x W 4.7 cm Provenance For the knob with rider: Ex Soleyman Rabi, 1975 Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s The harness element with the horse lying down is published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed., Padova, 2008, p. 183, fig. 3 A group of 6 Ordos bronze ornamental elements. Ca. 4th-3rd century BCE Provenance For the button with horserider: Ex Soleyman Rabi, 1975 Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s The harness element with the recumbent horse is published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padua, 2008, p. 183, fig. 3