LOT 0888 Scythian Dragon Head Mount
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5th century BC. A bronze bridle mount plaque in the form of a stylised horse's head in profile with gaping mouth, piriform eye and beaded border to the mane and jaw; D-shaped hole to the mouth, elliptical one behind; substantial c-shaped loop for attachment to bridle to reverse. Cf. animal-style plaques in Davis-Kimball, J., Bashilov, V.A. and Yablons, L.T. (eds.) Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age, Berkeley, 1995, fig.47(b"). 17.46 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of an English gentleman; previously from an old continental collection. [No Reserve]
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