CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ORDOS BRONZE OPENWORK ZOOMORPHIC PLAQUE
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Depicting a hound gripping the foreleg of a mythological animal, elaborate tendrils at one side, 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long; a bronze horse-bit, with twisted linked canons, each curved cheekpiece with snake-head terminals and attachment rings, 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) across; a Western Asiatic bronze pin with double spiral head, tip missing, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long; a bronze axehead with crescentic blade, the socket with flaring butt and pierced for attachment, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) across, all late 1st millennium B.C.; and a modern Ordos style brass plaque in the form of a wolf, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long (5)
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Depicting a hound gripping the foreleg of a mythological animal, elaborate tendrils at one side, 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long; a bronze horse-bit, with twisted linked canons, each curved cheekpiece with snake-head terminals and attachment rings, 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) across; a Western Asiatic bronze pin with double spiral head, tip missing, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long; a bronze axehead with crescentic blade, the socket with flaring butt and pierced for attachment, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) across, all late 1st millennium B.C.; and a modern Ordos style brass plaque in the form of a wolf, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long (5)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.