Original Message:   More Ordos bronze - a harness decoration or pendant

Hi Ann, I just took some photos of a few more pieces. First is a bronze harness decoration, with a mask-like human head at each end. Human images on Ordos bronzes are rare, though they seem to be more common on horse harness appliqués than on any items of human jewellery. I'm interested by the way in which the two faces are different - even perhaps ethnically different. It's from the second half of the first millennium BCE, like all of these pieces. It has two suspension/attachment loops on the back which mean it would work very nicely as a pendant too. Will Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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