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153 Dagger with mountain goats' heads on the hilt and figures of tigers on the guard. Iron, length 30.2 cm. (117% in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Environs of the town of Minusinsk. Chance find, 1914. Hermitage, 1669/1. S. V. Kiselev, Drevnyaya istoriya Yuzhnoy Sibiri (Moscow, 1951), p. 237, pl. XXII, 3. 154 Cheekpiece with predatory animals' heads at the ends. Bronze, length 14 cm. (51/2 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Minusinsk region, Abakanskoye village. I. A. Lopatin Collection. Hermitage, 5531/305. Gryaznov, Southern Siberia, pl. 34. 155 Tiger holding a ram's head, plaque. Bronze, length 7.7 cm. (3 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Minusinsk region, Askyz village. I. A. Lopatin Collection. Hermitage, 5531/1396. Artamonov, Sokrovishcha sakov, p. 109, fig. 149. 156 Onager, harness ornament. Bronze, length 5 cm. (2 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Minusinsk region. Chance find. Purchase, 1913. I. P. Tovostine Collection. Hermitage, 3975/316. Artamonov, Sokrovishcha sakov, p. 107, fig. 144. 157 Torque with tigers at the ends. Bronze, diameter 17.5 cm. (6/8 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Siberia. Stroganov Collection. Hermitage, 1135/11. Rudenko, Sibirskaya kollektsiya, p. 17, fig. 10. 158 Pendant decorated with a human face. Bone, height 4.4 cm. (134 in.). Tuva culture of the Scythian period, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Tuva, Sagly-Bazhi burial 2, kurgan 19. Excavations of A.D. Grach, 1961. Hermitage, 2351/207. Unpublished. 159 Mirror with fighting tigers on the handle. Bronze, diameter 6.2 cm. (27/6 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Tuva, Sagly-Bazhi burial 2, kurgan 23. Excavations of A.D. Grach, 1961. Hermitage, 2351/286. A.D. Grach, "Mogilnik Sagly-Bazhi II i voprosy arkheologii Tuvy skifskogo vremeni," SA (1967), no. 3, p. 226, fig. 10; Artamonov, Sokrovishcha sakov, p. 81, fig. 104. 157 160 (Color plate 26) Plaques such as this, of characteristic P-shape, have been interpreted as belt buckles, dress appliques, or mounts for sword scabbards. This one is especially interesting in that it depicts a horse; in spite of the dependence of the nomads' culture on their domesticated animals, most of the creatures represented in their art are wild species. Horse, plaque. Bone, length 11 cm. (4X/4 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Tuva, Sagly-Bazhi burial 2, kurgan 23. Excavations of A.D. Grach, 1961. Hermitage, 2351/268. Grach, SA (1967), no. 3, p. 229, fig. 12. 161 Plaque decorated with mountain rams. Bone length 7.5 cm. (3 in.). Altai nomadic, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Tuva, Sagli-Bazhi burial 2, kurgan 18. Excavations of A.D. Grach, 1961. Hermitage, 2351/183. Artamonov, Sokrovishcha sakov, p. 81, fig. 107. 162
Sarmatian art 1st century B.C.-lst century A.D. 162 The incorporation of elaborate animal motifs into a restricted space is particularly common in Sarmatian art. The adjustment of the animals' shape to fit the surface of the piece they decorate has resulted in a distortion that makes them almost unrecognizable. Spiral bracelet decorated with panthers attacking elk at the ends. Gold, diameter 8.4 cm. (35i in. ). Sarmatian, 1 st century B.C.- st century A.D. Volga river region, Vezkhneye Pogromnoye village, kurgan 1, burial 2. Excavations of V. P. Shilov, 1954. Hermitage, 1953/1. Smirnova, Domansky, Drevnee iskusstvo, no. 70, p. 177. 163 The "invisibility" of the animals on this cosmetic bottle is increased by the extensive use of colored inlays, which form a pattern quite apart from the shape of the animals' bodies. Cosmetic bottle, suspended from a chain, decorated with reliefs of dragons and birds' heads. Gold, length 13.5 cm. (5wG in.), width 2.1 cm. (13/e in.). Sarmatian, beginning of 1st century A.D. Rostov region, territory of the town of Novocherkassk, Khokhlach kurgan. Chance find, 1864. Hermitage, 2213/12. I. Tolstoy, N. Kondakov, Russkie drevnosti v pamyatnikakh iskusstva (St. Petersburg, 1890), issue 3, p. 1-10, fig. 164. 164 Torque composed of two relief bands of fantastic animals. Gold, with inlay of turquoise, coral, and glass, diameter 17.8 cm. (7 in.), height 6.3 cm. (21/, in.). Sarmatian, beginning of the 1st century A.D. Rostov region, territory of the town of Novocherkassk, Khokhlach kurgan. Chance find, 1864. Hermitage, 2213/1. Smirnova, Domansky, Drevnee iskusstvo, no. 72, fig. 178. 165 Cauldron with horse-shaped handles. Bronze, height 24.8 cm. (93i in.). Sarmatian, 1st century A.D. Odessa region, burial near Troyany village. Chance find, 1914. Hermitage, 1095/2. Kultura drevnikh narodov Vostochnoy Evropy. Putevoditel. (Leningrad, 1969), p. 30. 164 Kiev State Historical Museum 166 Recumbent stags, 29 plaques from a woman's headdress. Gold, lengths 4.3 cm. ( 11/1 in.). 6th century B.C. Cherkassy region, kurgan near Sinyavka village. Kiev Historical Museum, DM 6307, 6361-6377. 167 Bronze hydriai of this type have been found in many parts of the ancient world. The foot and the handles are cast; the rest of the body is hammered from sheet metal. The attachment of the vertical handle is in the shape of a frontal siren, whose unusually big feathers on the body are very close to those on a handle from Torone. There are silver studs in the center of each volute. Hydria. Bronze, height 44 cm. (175/% in.), capacity 20.5 liters. Greek, 5th century B.C. Cherkassy district, kurgan near Peschanoye village. Kiev Historical Museum, B 41-429. O.D. Ganina, Antichni bronzi z Pishanogo (Kiev, 1970), figs. 1, 10, 42, 44, pp. 84-85.
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