A pair of gilt-bronze rectangular belt plaques, north China, 3rd-2nd century B.C., each cast with two addorsed ungulates shown in a recumbent position facing the outer edge and with their back legs rotated up over their backs where they flank their tails which terminate in confronting heads, all within a double rope border, 10.5cm long x 5.2cm wide The backs of these plaques display a woven fabric pattern indicating that they were cast by the lost-wax/lost-textile process. Compare with a similar pair of plaques sold at Christie's NY, 16 March 2017, Lot 860; another similar pair is illustrated by J. Rawson and E. C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 346-47, no. 225. 战国 铜鎏金卧兽纹牌饰一对 Condition Report: Encrustation and wear to gilding. One plaque broken and restored Condition Report Disclaimer