Belt Plaque in the Shape of a Crouching Horse, 臥馬紋銀帶飾, 3rd–1st century , North China, Silver, H. 3 3/16 in. ( cm); L. 5

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Belt Plaque in the Shape of a Crouching Horse, 臥馬紋銀帶飾, 3rd–1st century , North China, Silver, H. 3 3/16 in. ( cm); L. 5 11/16 in. ( cm), Metalwork, Intriguing metal artifacts such as this silver plaque and scattered references in Chinese and Western histories are our only sources of information about the numerous pastoral, seminomadic, and horse-riding tribes that inhabited the vast reaches of Central Asia traversed by the Silk Road

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