A pair of Scythian gold pendants embossed with reclining ibexes, translating animal power into portable ornament.
Date
5th century BC
Period
Scythian Iron Age
Material
Gold sheet
Dimensions
Pair of pendant discs
Condition
Embossed plates with suspension rings
The Story of the Object
Material, Meaning and Survival
Scythian art repeatedly transformed animals into compressed signs of vitality, status and cosmological meaning. These two gold plates show reclining ibexes raised in relief, each fitted with a suspension ring. Worn or attached to dress, their repeated imagery would have created a rhythmic field of gold and animal form.
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