Openwork bronze belt plaque featuring two yaks, set within a grooved rectangular frame, the reverse without loops. Heads shown frontally and bodies in profile; the horns, ears, hooves, and tails defined with recessed interiors.
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 11 cm
Provenance: Hans Peter Collection, London
Private UK Collection acquired from Eskenazi Ltd., 2003
An identical plaque from the Ernest Erickson Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1985.214.77. Another example formerly in the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession no. M.76.97.541
Openwork bronze belt plaque featuring two yaks, set within a grooved rectangular frame, the reverse without loops. Heads shown frontally and bodies in profile; the horns, ears, hooves, and tails defined with recessed interiors.
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 11 cm
Provenance: Hans Peter Collection, London
Private UK Collection acquired from Eskenazi Ltd., 2003
An identical plaque from the Ernest Erickson Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1985.214.77. Another example formerly in the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession no. M.76.97.541