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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A CENTRAL ASIAN CARNELIAN AMULET
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CENTRAL ASIAN CARNELIAN AMULET
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a gazelle, depicted reclining with the legs folded beneath, its head turned back to its left, with short ridged horns above triangular ears, the eyes recessed, a vertical perforation through the body for suspension
5/8 in. (2.6 cm) long
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a gazelle, depicted reclining with the legs folded beneath, its head turned back to its left, with short ridged horns above triangular ears, the eyes recessed, a vertical perforation through the body for suspension
5/8 in. (2.6 cm) long
Literature
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 235.