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A collection of 56 Ordo bronze objects, 700 B.C - 200 B.C.
Estimate
35 000 - 40 000 SEK
3 130 - 3 580 EUR
3 180 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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A collection of 56 Ordo bronze objects, 700 B.C - 200 B.C.
Length 1,4 cm - 11 cm.
Tarnished, damages.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ragnar Schlyter, aquired from J. G. Andersson and Orvar Karlbeck.
Literature
Andersson, J. G. Hunting Magic in the Animal Style. 1932. Several of the objects are depicted in this document, that accompanies the collection.
Bunker, Emma C; Normadic Art of the Eastern Euroasian Steppes
More information
The normadic tribes/the steppe people came into intimate contact with two of the principal high civilazations of the time, the Greek on the Black Sea and the Chinese on the southern outskirts of the Mongolian steppe. Their objects of art exhibit a blending of the two styles. It was a vast area, Scythian and Ordo being two of the provinces in the west and east.