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LOT 1457
Sarmatian Bronze Belt Clasp with Hare and Hound
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (19.2 grams, 60 mm).
Openwork rectangular panel with hare-and-hound motif, two lateral fixing lugs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
See Arkhipova, E.I., Videyko, M., Yu, V.I., Klochko, L.S., Klochko; Levada, M.E.; Simonenko, O.V., Stoyanov, R.V., Collection of antiquities of the Platonov and Tarut families (in Ukrainian), Kyiv, 2004, fig.8a, p.126, for a similar buckle.
FootnotesBelt plaques with zoomorphic motifs illustrate not only the recognised unity of the zoomorphic art of the steppes, but also the links between the Sarmatians and the eastern nomadic groups. Important in this respect are similar buckles with representations of camels (Krasnogorovka III, Kurgan 11) or Ordos-style bronze plaques from the Kuban.
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