A BACTRIAN SILVER DISK
A BACTRIAN SILVER DISK

CIRCA 2200-1600 B.C.

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A BACTRIAN SILVER DISK
circa 2200-1600 b.c.
The circular, slightly concave disk finely engraved with the head of a boar in profile to the left, with an open mouth, hooked tusk, wrinkled snout, and an almond shape eye, the bristling crest and a crescentic fringe with incised hatching, the reverse with three arching straps riveted in place
4.3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) diameter

拍品专文

For the style of the engraving compare the base of a beaker formerly in the Schimmel Collection, no. 126 in Settgast and Gehrig, Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection.