AN ACHAEMENID GOLD BRACTEATE
AN ACHAEMENID GOLD BRACTEATE

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

細節
AN ACHAEMENID GOLD BRACTEATE
circa 5th century b.c.
Die-formed in the form of a boar, naturalistically rendered, in profile to the left, with its fore-legs bent back, its hind-legs bent forward, with cross-hatching on the body and a bristling mane, chevrons along the beard, its pointed ear bent back, its eye with the pupil rendered, a short tapering tusk curving up at the side of its mouth, the tail looped, the underside with three loops for attachment
2¼ in. (5.7 cm) long
來源
Ishiguro Collection