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LOT 2346
Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle Pair with Predators
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (291 grams total, 11.5 cm long each).
Each a rectangular plaque with herringbone borders enclosing a predation scene with a small quadruped lying supine and a larger one standing over it; band of bird-head motifs above. [2]
Provenance
Ex Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, pre-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 2346
Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle Pair with Predators
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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