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313 - Scythian chariot rattle with deer finial. North Caucasus, 7th–6th centuries B.C. H 20.8 cm. Bronze chariot rattle consisting of an openwork cone with two balls inside. It is crowned by a kneeling stag in the Scythian animal style, featuring magnificent antlers with seven curved tines at the ends. Open Objet Database (OBJET.art) No. NKT3DC. Published and exhibited! Green patina; one lamella is broken and has been reattached; otherwise, no restorations or repairs. With metal base. Provenance: From the Belgian art market; formerly in a Finnish private collection (1990s–2015); formerly in a Finnish private collection (1940s–1990s). Published in: Grusenmeyer – Woliner, *Frozen Magic: The Ancient Art of Siberia* (2023), pp. 22–28. Exhibited at: Parcours des Mondes, Paris, Sept. 5–10, 2024; TEFAF Maastricht, March 14–19, 2026. Scythian wagon rattles were mounted on long wooden poles and were often used to mark burial mounds or as decorations for funeral wagons. The sound of the bell was intended to ward off evil spirits and ease the deceased’s passage into the afterlife. A piece similar to our example was found in Gawerdovsky’s Kurgan 1 in the Maikop region (Adygea) and is on display at the Sochi Museum (Inv. No. Gawerdovsky 85 AOM 11640/A-586).
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Scythian chariot rattle with deer finial. North Caucasus, 7th–6th centuries B.C. H 20.8 cm. Bronze chariot rattle consisting of an openwork cone with two balls inside. It is crowned by a kneeling stag in the Scythian animal style, featuring magnificent antlers with seven curved tines at the ends. Open Objet Database (OBJET.art) No. NKT3DC. Published and exhibited! Green patina; one lamella is broken and has been reattached; otherwise, no restorations or repairs. With metal base. Provenance: From the Belgian art market; formerly in a Finnish private collection (1990s–2015); formerly in a Finnish private collection (1940s–1990s). Published in: Grusenmeyer – Woliner, *Frozen Magic: The Ancient Art of Siberia* (2023), pp. 22–28. Exhibited at: Parcours des Mondes, Paris, Sept. 5–10, 2024; TEFAF Maastricht, March 14–19, 2026. Scythian wagon rattles were mounted on long wooden poles and were often used to mark burial mounds or as decorations for funeral wagons. The sound of the bell was intended to ward off evil spirits and ease the deceased’s passage into the afterlife. A piece similar to our example was found in Gawerdovsky’s Kurgan 1 in the Maikop region (Adygea) and is on display at the Sochi Museum (Inv. No. Gawerdovsky 85 AOM 11640/A-586).
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