* MONGOLIAN INNER OR OUTER BELT PLATE - ORDOS,... Lot 233

* MONGOLIAN INNER OR OUTER BELT PLATE - ORDOS, 1ST CENTURY BC. J.C. Gilded bronze Depicting a ferocious animal in profile, with open mouth, protruding fangs and menacing eye. On the reverse, a clasp and loop. A gilt-bronze belt ornament Inner or outer Mongolia - Ordos, 1st century BC Dim. 9,5 x 7 cm Provenance : - Former French private collection Georges Alphen, Christie's sale, November 20, 2003, lot 440 Reference: - S. Miniaev and P. Smolarski, Art of the Steppes, Richard Liu Foundation, Brussels 2002, p.80, no. 65