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Plaque: Wild Goat and Deer
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This plaque features two recumbent animals--a wild goat and a stag or gazelle--separated by a rectangular panel with a geometric pattern. The relief is shallow and the back of the plaque concave; a strap running across each hollow animal body at back served to attach the plaque to a leather belt. Ornaments with stacked animals reflecting the local fauna appear to have been popular among the non-Chinese peoples living east of the Taihang Mountains (in modern northeastern China).
Blackish patina.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
William D. Vogel (H’30) Milwaukee WI (by 1930-1980) inherited; by Virginia Booth Vogel Milwaukee WI (1980-1998) by descent; to Frederick Vogel III Milwaukee WI (1998-2016) gift; to The Harvard Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Frederick Vogel III in memory of his father William D. Vogel H’30
Title: Plaque: Wild Goat and Deer
Description:
This plaque features two recumbent animals--a wild goat and a stag or gazelle--separated by a rectangular panel with a geometric pattern.
The relief is shallow and the back of the plaque concave; a strap running across each hollow animal body at back served to attach the plaque to a leather belt.
Ornaments with stacked animals reflecting the local fauna appear to have been popular among the non-Chinese peoples living east of the Taihang Mountains (in modern northeastern China).
Blackish patina.
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