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LOT 1319
Ordos Gilt Bronze Zoomorphic Applique
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (44.5 grams, 77 mm).
Consisting of five (one absent) long-necked eagle heads facing in opposite directions, the beaked heads with raised eyes, necks decorated with a necklace imitating precious stones; three attachment holes.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Cf. for similar bird heads see plaques from Melgunov Kurgan, in Andreeva, P., Fantastic Beasts Of The Eurasian Steppes: Toward A Revisionist Approach to Animal-Style Art, Penn, 2018, fig.2.41, p.123.
FootnotesPossibly an applique from a quiver.
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