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LOT 1501
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]
ProvenanceEx London gallery, 1990s.
with old labels to the reverse.
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.
FootnotesPatrices 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.
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Or a hanging-bowl chain comprising: nine sets of two parallel-twisted 8-shaped links, with interstitial H-shaped twisted elements, the lower four each with a standing bull figure with prominent horns; a lateral hook with herringbone twisted shank; lower hooked flange with four herringbone-twist bars with looped ends; suspension ring and four-bar herringbone-twisted shank. 3.1 kg, 1.03 m
Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector.
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