BELT BUCKLE DEPICTING
A WOLF ATTACKING A YAK
| Accession Nr.: | L.32 |
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| Type: | bronze, lead, gold and silver; metalwork; accessory |
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| Date of production: |
4th–3rd centuries BC
Easter Zhou dynasty |
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Open-work plaque without border, depicting animal figures in motion. A tiger, turning towards the left, holds a yak beneath its forelegs and bites into its rump. The tiger’s body is decorated with tiny rows of dots, and the head of a bird (falcon) can be seen above the base of its neck.
