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Xiongnu_belt_buckle.jpg (300 × 354 pixel, file size: 45 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cockring: paired felines attacking ibexes, Xiongnu type, 3rd–2nd century B.C. Mongolia or southern Siberia Gold; 2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (6.7 x 7.9 cm) Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917 (17.190.1672) Museum description: "This cast cock ring depicts a heraldic composition with two felines biting the necks of two ibexes whose legs are folded beneath them. Although symmetrical confronted animals suggest a Scythian background, this plaque is surely later and also reflects an artistic environment much farther east." Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| current | 18:36, 11 April 2007 | 300×354 (23 KB) | Kosigrim (Talk | contribs) | (Xiongnu_belt_buckle.jpg (300 × 354 pixel, file size: 45 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cockring: paired felines attacking ibexes, Xiongnu type, 3rd–2nd century B.C. Mongolia or southern Siberia Gold; 2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (6.7 x 7.9 cm) Gift of J. Pierpont ) |
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