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A GROUP OF SIX ACHAEMENID GOLD PLAQUES WITH WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK

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A GROUP OF SIX ACHAEMENID GOLD PLAQUES WITH WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK
A GROUP OF SIX ACHAEMENID GOLD PLAQUES WITH WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK
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A GROUP OF SIX ACHAEMENID GOLD PLAQUES WITH WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK

Ancient Persia, c. 5th to 4th century B.C. Comprising six gold plaques of square from, worked in repousse with images of warriors on horseback holding spears, the borders with perforations for attachment to a garment

Condition:
Good condition with some minor bending and tears, few miniscule losses, encrustations, and traces of age and wear.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 10.6 g
Dimensions: Size 3.6 x 3.6 cm each

Literature comparison: Compare a necklace formed by related gold plaques at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 65.169.

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A GROUP OF SIX ACHAEMENID GOLD PLAQUES WITH WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK

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