Lot no. 154
SET OF 6 ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS Bronze. Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 6th-3rd century BC - Ornamental attachment with double bovid head; 1.8 x 2.3 cm - Ornament with bird's head; 2.2 x 1.5 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, pp. 116-117 - Ornamental plate with bird's head; 1.8 x 1.5 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. 82, pp. 78-79 - Plate in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.7 x 3.3 cm - Plate in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.1 x 3.5 cm - Plate in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.2 x 2.5 cm. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Arbore Popescu (a cura di), I cavalieri delle steppe. Memoria delle terre del Kazakhstan, Electa ed, Milano 2000, p. 314 Provenance Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s A Group of 6 Bronze Ornaments. Ordos Civilization, 6th-3rd century BCE. - Ornamental attachment with double bovid head; 1.8 x 2.3 cm - Bird-head ornament; 2.2 x 1.5 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, pp. 116-117 - Ornamental plaque with bird head; 1.8 x 1.5 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. 82, pp. 78-79 - Plaque in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.7 x 3.3 cm - Plaque in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.1 x 3.5 cm - Plaque in the form of an anthropomorphic mask; 3.2 x 2.5 cm. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Arbore Popescu (eds.), I cavalieri delle steppe. Memoria delle terre del Kazakhstan, Electa ed, Milano 2000, p. 314
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