SET OF 3 ZOOMORPHIC DECORATIVE PLAQUES Bronze, gilt bronze and silver Scythian art, c. 3rd century BC - Openwork plaque decorated with two stags facing each other; 5.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. 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. 87, p. 84; G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 175, fig. 4 - Gilded bronze plaque decorated with contortionist animals; 3.3 x 8.4 x 1 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 175, fig. 3 - Silver plate decorated with a feline; 4 x 6 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed., Padova, 2008, p. 205, fig. 3. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s A group of 3 Scythian Bronze, gilted bronze and silver ornamental plaques. c. 3rd century BCE. - Openwork plaque decorated with two confronted stags; 5.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. 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. 87, p. 84; G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 175, fig. 4 - Gilt bronze plaque decorated with contorted animals; 3.3 x 8.4 x 1 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 175, fig. 3 - Silver plaque decorated with a feline; 4 x 6 cm. Acquired from Soleyman Rabi, 1975. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed., Padova, 2008, p. 205, fig. 3.