CENTRAL ASIAN PERM KAMA OPENWORK FIGURAL PLAQUE 1st millennium BC A large and ornate openwork cast bronze plaque or mount depicting, to the centre, an anthropomorphic figure with shoulder-length hair and downturned mouth, wearing a tunic and trousers; above the head, a disc with human facial features, flanked by small anthropomorphs; the central figure's feet claw-like, standing on the bodies of two long-necked dragons; the arms outstretched, with fringed sleeves, a staff in each hand; to the reverse, two loops for attachment. 181 grams, 17 cm (6 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance Russian private collection, formed in the 1950s.
CENTRAL ASIAN PERM KAMA OPENWORK FIGURAL PLAQUE 1st millennium BC A large and ornate openwork cast bronze plaque or mount depicting, to the centre, an anthropomorphic figure with shoulder-length hair and downturned mouth, wearing a tunic and trousers; above the head, a disc with human facial features, flanked by small anthropomorphs; the central figure's feet claw-like, standing on the bodies of two long-necked dragons; the arms outstretched, with fringed sleeves, a staff in each hand; to the reverse, two loops for attachment. 181 grams, 17 cm (6 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance Russian private collection, formed in the 1950s.
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