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Finial in the Shape of Coiled Animals and a Pommel in the Shape of Coiled Animals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Finial in the Shape of Coiled Animals and a Pommel in the Shape of Coiled Animals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008
Finial in the Shape of Coiled Animals (left)
Gold
Western Asia, possibly Black Sea region
Scythian, 6th century BC

Accession # 1988.102.38

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Pommel in the Shape of Coiled Animals (right)
Gold, inlaid with turquoise
Western Asia, possibly Black Sea region
Scythian, 6th century BC

Accession # 1989.281.36

The highly stylized motif of an animal turned over on itself, executed on chapes (metal trim covering the end of a scabbard) and roundels, is characteristic of Scythian art. Examples have been excavated in the Caucasus, the Crimea, and western Anatolia.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art labels.

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