A CAUCASIAN BRONZE OPENWORK STAG PLAQUE

A CAUCASIAN BRONZE OPENWORK STAG PLAQUE
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY AD

Cast in relief with a stylised stag whose head is turned away from a small dog or fox. The legs are formed as stylised scrolls, the whole is surrounded by borders of scrolls, and pillars, the corners are indented possibly to receive feet which are now lacking, 769g, 18.4cm high, 20.4cm long.

Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.

Exhibited: Découverte de l’Asie, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1954, illustrated catalogue, p.60, pl.VIII.

Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.302-303.

Cf. Christie’s London, 27th October 2004, lot 183, for a related but smaller stag belt plaque from the Leo Mildenberg collection.

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來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。

展覽：Découverte de l’Asie, 巴黎賽努奇博物館，1954年, 展覽出版, 頁60, 圖版VIII。

出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁302-303。