BRONZE CHAPE

VI-V century B.C.

Cast bronze. Chape with rectangular cross-section and an opening through in the center. Face side depicting two mirror images of elk’s head in profile. Details of the face and ear are indicated by grooves; large eye rimmed by a raised ring; the jaw curves up in a volute. The reverse is undecorated. Mended, missing fragment (ancient loss).
L. 2.6″ (6.5 cm).
See: The Golden Deer of Eurasia. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, 2000, cat. 155.