ORNAMENTAL PLAQUE Gilt bronze Dim. 6.2 x 12.3 x 1 cm Inner Mongolia, Ordos civilisation, 3rd-2nd century BC Provenance Fondation Rassla, Switzerland, acquired from Soleyman Rabi in 1975. Published in G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2008, p. 205, fig. 4. Depicting a lion attacking a horse. Similar typology see Metropolitan Museum, NY, 2002.201.103. Miho Museum, Japan, https://www.miho.jp/booth/html/artcon/00000419e.htm A Mongolian Gilted Bronze Plaque. 3rd-2nd century BCE. Contortionist animals' type. Depicting a lion attacking a horse.