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Belt Buckle2nd-1st century B.C.

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Openwork bronze plaque with dark brown patina, depicting a stylized bird of prey with spread wings over a recumbent animal, with lobed and leaf-like forms in relief

Unknown, Belt Buckle, 2nd-1st century B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Belt Buckle
Place Made
Mongolia or Southern Siberia
Date Made
2nd-1st century B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Width: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.85
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.

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