A Chinese gilt bronze belt plaque in the shape of a yakNorth China, 3rd-2nd century BCcast partially in relief in the shape of a recumbent yak or ox shown with…

A Chinese gilt bronze belt plaque in the shape of a yakNorth China, 3rd-2nd century BCcast partially in relief in the shape of a recumbent yak or ox shown with its head resting on its foreleg and its tail flicked up onto its back9cm longProvenance:Private Hampshire collectionA similar pair of plaques is illustrated by E. C. Bunker et al., Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, pp. 98-99, no. 65. As with the present plaque, they have two squar

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9 cm