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Five pendants - 'Xi', knot teasers Southwestern Inner Mongolia, 3rd century B.C.
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Five pendants - 'Xi'
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BATEA : 1819
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Ordos bronze
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Ordos; bronze; metal; ram; elephant; xi; knot-teaser; animal; sheep;
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3 & 4 from left are cast in the shape of a ram's head, with long round pin projecting from muzzle. Ridged horns that curve behind ear, sweep forwards towards muzzle. Curvature indicates a domestic sheep rather than wild species. Pointed element on all five pendants used as a knot teaser - xi., also described as needles 'zhen'.
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3 cm
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2 cm
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