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LOT 0525
Scythian Bronze Belt Fitting
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 1/4 in. (138 grams, 13.5 cm).
Composed of a bow-tie-shaped body with a central triangular plaque to one edge forming a hook to reverse; series of piercings to the opposite edge; two regardant stags and bars of hatched triangles engraved to one face.
Provenance
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
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