Lot no. 167
SET OF 3 ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS Bronze Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 4th-3rd century BC - Openwork plate decorated with 5 donkey heads; 4 x 4.5 x 0.7 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Openwork plaque decorated in the centre with a buffalo attacking a snake; 3.8 x 5.5 x 1 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Openwork belt buckle in the form of animals attacking a hare; 5.8 x 4.7 x 0.7 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. 48, p. 51 Provenance Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s A Group of 3 Bronze Ordos Ornaments. 4th-3rd century BCE. - Openwork plaque decorated with 5 donkey heads; 4 x 4.5 x 0.7 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Openwork plaque decorated in the centre with a buffalo attacking a snake; 3.8 x 5.5 x 1 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975 - Openwork belt buckle in the form of animals attacking a hare; 5.8 x 4.7 x 0.7 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. 48, p. 51 Provenance Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, in the 1970s
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