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  • Collection: Eurasian Steppe Bronzes

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A rectangular belt buckle surrounded by a herringbone-pattern border with a circular opening on the proper right side, which would have acted as part of the fastening mechanism; the piece depicts a standing ox/yak in profile view; all four legs are…

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A rectangular belt plaque surrounded by a herringbone-pattern border; the plaque depicts the figure of an ox/yak standing in profile view; all four legs of the creature are visible, the head is shown in a three-quarter view, and the tail of the…

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A small belt hook, the body of which is formed by a slender, elongated tigress and her two cubs; the tigress is shown in profile with a long, thin, unarticulated body, her head turned back to nudge the cub that is crouching on her haunches; the other…

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A buckle plaque depicting a fantastical, wolf-like creature which has raptor heads sprouting from its mane, antlers and tail tip; the creature is adorned with tear-shaped forms on its shoulder and haunches; a hook prong (a kind of fastener) protrudes…

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A rectangular openwork belt buckle depicting two entwined dragons, their bodies decorated with raised dots and spiral volutes; a conical hook protrudes from the body of one of the dragons, on the proper right side of the piece; and a vertical loop is…

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An openwork buckle in the form of a slender crouching tiger with head turned back and tail upraised, surrounded by three gazelle heads; a border of sorts is formed by the tail of the tiger and the gazelle heads, connected together by the antlers…

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A B-shaped openwork plaque showing a warrior figure holding a sword, standing in front of a two-wheeled cart drawn by three equids; a bird sits on the rear of the equids; the heads of two occupants are visible inside the cart, and a dog is present…

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A rectangular openwork plaque depicting two horses facing each other, fighting; the horse on the right bites the right foreleg of his opponent, who bites him on the back of the neck; a hook protrudes from the proper right front edge of the piece, and…

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A rectangular openwork belt plaque depicting three ibex standing in a wooded setting; two stand in profile, their bodies oriented outward toward the edges of the plaque and their heads shown frontally; the third ibex stands between the two, shown…

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A horizontal B-shaped belt plaque depicting combat between a feline (tiger?) and a camel; the full body of the camel and one feline are visible, as well as just the head of a second feline in the proper left bottom corner of the piece; the scene is…
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