Eurasian Bronze Avar Patrix Group

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/2 in. (411 grams total, 14 cm high including stand).

Comprising: flat bronze patrix of a hound with billets and zigzag detailing to the body curved foreleg, tail and hindleg; similar patrix of a feline with beaded collar and punched mane detailing, legs extended; mounted on a custom-made presentation stand. [2]

Provenance

Ex London gallery, 1990s.
with old labels to the reverse.

Literature

Cf. Bonora, G.L. Recipienti Zoomorfi a Carattere Rituale in Bonora, G.L. & Marzatico, F., Ori dei Cavalieri delle Steppe, Milan, 2007, p.232-41.

Footnotes

Patrices were used to create thin sheet-silver or gold appliqués which were used to decorate wooden items, ritual items, clothing, horse-harness and other items.

CONDITION

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