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LOT 0813
Scythian Bronze Roundel with Sea Scroll Pairs
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (32.5 grams, 41 mm).
With C-shaped round-section staple to the reverse, incised S-scrolls to the obverse forming a decorative design. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK
Cf. Simpson, S. & Pankova, S., Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia, London, 2017, p.108.
FootnotesThe economical use of curvilinear forms is evidenced elsewhere in Scythian art - for example, in the tattoos on the preserved body of the man from Burial Mound 2 at Pazyryk in the Altai Mountains.
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LOT 0813
Scythian Bronze Roundel with Sea Scroll Pairs
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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