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Ordos bronze plaque of stag and doe
Ordos bronze plaque of stag and doe
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267
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Ordos bronze plaque of stag and doe copulating South Central Inner Mongolia Warring States period (5th- 4th century BC)
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Ordos bronze plaque of stag and doe
Record number
BATEA : 258
Simple name
fitting
Classified name
metal; Ordos; bronze; fitting; deer; Warring States; animal
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now 1798 (in box 1269)
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An openwork plaque of a stag with stylised antlers and a highly visible penis mounting a standing doe, with ring for attachment at the back. Such subjects were popular with the Mongolian pastoral tribes, to whom the increase of wildlife was of immense economic importance.
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bronze
Description condition
good
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dark brown
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Description length
3.8 cm
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Description width
3 cm
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400 BC = 300 BC
Production period
Warring States
Production site name
South Central Inner Mongolia
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Similar plaques have been found near Hohhot in Inner Mongolia.
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