NORTH CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC

An almost identical plaque found at Xichagou, Xifeng, Liaoning province, is illustrated by E. C. Bunker et al., Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1997, p. 78, fig. A110. See, also, the pair of similar plaques, one also with a hole, illustrated by E. C. Bunker et al., Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, p. 100, no. 67. A woven pattern on the reverse of all of these plaques indicates they were made using the lost-wax/lost-textile process.