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THBScythian Brass Avian Pendant w/ Suspension Rings
Lot 59c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Central/Western Asia and Siberia, Scythian culture, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. An exceptionally well-preserved brass pendant depicting a highly stylized avian creature flying through the air. The bird exhibits a curved body adorned with a row of circular impressions, outstretched wings with rounded feathers, and bulbous feet protruding underneath. A massive beak is opened in front of the petite head with a recessed throat, and a silver eye rivet is visible on both sides. An omega-form loop is riveted through the middle of the wing and supports a gathering of smaller ringlets used to suspend the pendant from a modern necklace strand. Lustrous patina in dark hues of brown and green have formed across the accessory. Size (pendant): 1.9" W x 1.5" H (4.8 cm x 3.8 cm); 4" H (10.2 cm) w/ suspension rings; (necklace): 21.6" L (54.9 cm)
The intricate casting of this piece demonstrates the skill of Scythian metalworkers, who are famous for their craft, and rightly so; hoards of their treasures have been found throughout eastern and central Europe and western and central Asia. These hoards may represent gifts that were made to foreign rulers, votive offerings, or treasures buried and forgotten.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) and then Latvia collection; found on the Baltic Sea coast prior to 1982
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#160715Pendant and suspension ringlets cleaned in modern times. Pendant has light abrasions to obverse and verso, with slight bending to profiles of some ringlets, otherwise intact and very good. Nice patina throughout.Condition
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