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Belt Buckle4th century B.C.

Not on view
Small sculpture of a reclining horse with tucked legs and downward-turned head, warm brown surface with worn low-relief leaf decoration at the base

Unknown, Belt Buckle, 4th century B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Belt Buckle
Place Made
Southern Siberia or western Inner Mongolia
Date Made
4th century B.C.
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
2 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (7.2 x 14.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.621
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.

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