SCYTHIAN OPENWORK APPLIQUE WITH STAG

Ca. 400 - 200 BC A Scythian bronze openwork plaquette depicting a stag. Most of its body is within a rectangular frame that its feet and lower body flow into, with the head, ear, and antlers touching the border. The iconography of the stag is seen over and over again, replicated in gold, bronze, and stone, by various peoples in Central Asia, the Near East, and even the Indus Valley. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 21.166.5.
Size: 50mm x 50mm; Weight: 55g
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.

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Estimate: GBP 75 - 150