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41-37-162

From: Ordos

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 41-37-162
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Central Asian
Provenience Ordos
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Bird
Description

Bronze. Two conventionalized birds' heads placed back to back, (but compare Rostovtzoff page 91) animals shown in front view with one or two heads and two bodies. Deeply cut scrolls, originally inlayed (?), now partly filled with pink substance. Single loop on reverse.

Credit Line Purchased from William Mayer, 1941
Other Number I-8 - Other Number

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