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LOT 2287
Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle Pair with Bulls
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (70 grams total, 56-60 mm).
A pair of rectangular openwork plaques with two attachment loops to the reverse, comprising: one displaying a bull standing left within a herringbone border, head down, tail between legs, detailing to horns, head and hooves; the other similar with bull standing right. [2]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Rawson, J., Bunker, E., Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.350-351, no.228.
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