Ordos Culture, 5th-4th century BC. A bronze openwork plaque from Southern Inner Mongolia, in the form of a carnivore with perforation to the upper body, rounded ears and open mouth; two attachment loops to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. collection of Leon Levy and Shelby White, illustrated in Bunker, E. & So, J. Traiders and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier, p.165, no.89. KUNST KAMMER, One Hundred Treasures from the Ancient World, by Martin Doustar, 2017, p.50, no.23; accompanied by a copy of the relevant catalogue pages. 175 grams total, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Brussels gentleman; formerly in the collection Gérard Lévy, Paris, France. The Ordos culture refers to groups of nomadic peoples that inhabited the southern Mongolian Plateau during the Bronze and early Iron Age from the 6th to 2nd centuries before Christ. They are mainly known from their skeletal remains and artifacts, blade weapons, finials for tent-poles, horse gear, and small plaques and fittings for clothes and horse harness, using animal style decoration with relationships both with the Scythian art of regions much further west, and also Chinese art. Fine condition.