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  • Collection: Eurasian Steppe Bronzes

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A short sword with a flat hilt adorned by two vertical grooves; the pommel is also flat, and curves to form two adjacent rings; the blade is slender and leaf-shaped, with a prominent midrib, and is separated from the hilt by a guard in the form of…

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A short sword with a slightly (and intentionally) bent oval hilt, ending in a rattle consisting of four straps with a low convex cap; the rounded midrib of the blade begins slightly above the guard, which is plain and made up of straight blunt tabs…

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A short sword with a flat hilt with rounded edges; the hilt has an indented rope-like pattern on either side of a central groove; the round pommel at the end of the hilt bears the forms of two addorsed rams, their heads turned back and legs folded…

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A knife blade with oblique teeth or notches on the lower edge near the hilt; there are three of these teeth present; the blade is otherwise unadorned.

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A short sword containing a flat hilt adorned with a sunken central strip filled by a row of raised squares; the hilt ends with a pommel comprising two hollow balls, and is separated from the blade by a guard in the form of two rounded wing shapes…

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An openwork plaque with a design of two copulating deer; a heavy horizontal attachment loop is present on the back of the plaque.

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An openwork plaque of a single standing deer surrounded by a border; the deer stands with its head twisted around facing backward, and antlers extending from the top of its head; the front of the piece shows the remnants of mercury gilding, and the…

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A rectangular openwork plaque depicting four S-shaped, sinewy carnivores with turned-back heads, round eyes, and three-clawed paws; the plaque is divided into two registers, each containing two of these carnivorous creatures, each of which is…

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A small garment plaque depicting the stylized form of a crouching carnivore, savaging the head of an herbivore creature; stylized indented decorations are present throughout the body of the carnivore, including swirl shapes and small, repeated…

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A stylized pectoral ornament in the form of a crouching feline, perhaps a leopard; there is minimal internal detailing to accentuate the form of the creature; small, neat, circular holes are present at the eye, ear, nostril, shoulder, haunch, tip of…
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