A BRONZE ‘WOLF’ OPENWORK BELT PLAQUE

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE ‘WOLF’ OPENWORK BELT PLAQUE
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY BC
The plaque is cast in openwork as two recumbent wolves with long, open jaws that share a common convex body and are shown in profile with their heads facing in opposite directions. There are two attachment loops on the reverse. There is malachite encrustation and traces of tinning on the front.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide

Provenance

Michael Ward, Inc., New York, 1990
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

Lot Essay

Compare the smaller (8 cm. wide) related plaque illustrated by A. Salmony, Sino-Siberian Art in the Collection of C. T. Loo, Paris, 1933, pl. XIV (3), which has a similar configuration of two wolves with similarly elongated, open jaws, that share the same body.

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