Koban culture, northern Caucasus, 1400 to 600 BC
Cast copper alloy
Heights 4 1/2 and 3 3/4 inches (11.4 and 9.5 cm)
Provenance: Martha Pillard, Honolulu, Hawaii
Both pendants are cast flat and thin in a tapering blade form, the larger narrowing to a rounded point and the smaller cut with a shallow waist and a broader foot, each pierced at the head through a small projecting loop. The larger carries a lattice of fine incised lines across its upper half, laid out in a regular diamond grid that stops short of the tip, while the smaller shows a lighter and less regular incising along one face. Both are covered in a heavy blue green corrosion that runs from bright turquoise to dark olive with brassy metal showing through where the surface has worn, and the piercings are intact on both.
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Koban culture, northern Caucasus, 1400 to 600 BC
Cast copper alloy
Heights 4 1/2 and 3 3/4 inches (11.4 and 9.5 cm)
Provenance: Martha Pillard, Honolulu, Hawaii
Both pendants are cast flat and thin in a tapering blade form, the larger narrowing to a rounded point and the smaller cut with a shallow waist and a broader foot, each pierced at the head through a small projecting loop. The larger carries a lattice of fine incised lines across its upper half, laid out in a regular diamond grid that stops short of the tip, while the smaller shows a lighter and less regular incising along one face. Both are covered in a heavy blue green corrosion that runs from bright turquoise to dark olive with brassy metal showing through where the surface has worn, and the piercings are intact on both.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
