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LOT 2249

Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle Pair with Camels

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

3 7/8 in. (400 grams total, plates: 9.8-10.2 cm).

A pair of matched plates, rectangular with figures of two camels reserved against the openwork frame, the heads facing inwards, with gusset to the border, pierced at the ends for attachment; each mounted on a custom-made stand. [2]

Provenance

Ex Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, before 1986.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2249

Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle Pair with Camels

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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