BELT PLATE Gilt bronze Dim.4,4 x 7,5 x 0,8 cm. Mongolia, Ordos civilisation, 4th-3rd century BC Provenance Fondation Rassla, Switzerland, 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. 147, fig. 3 Rectangular shape depicting a bovid at rest. Beautifully preserved. An Ordos Gilted Bronze Belt Plaque. Ca. 4th-3rd century BCE. Of rectangular shape decorated in the centre with a recumbent bovine. Beautiful conservation.