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322 - Pendant in the shape of a hare. Ob River region, Yugra, 5th–12th centuries AD. L 6 cm. Bronze pendant depicting a standing hare. Open Objet Database (OBJET.art) No. HEYZ89 (https://objet.art/subscriptions/66df007fe5f9ab725c30f561). – Image: OBJET.art. Gray patina, minor losses. Provenance: From the Belgian art market; formerly in a Finnish private collection (1990s–2015); formerly in a Finnish private collection (1940s–1990s). Herodotus’ account that the Scythians were carried away by a hare hunt before a battle against Darius I (Histories IV, 134) illustrates the special significance of the animal in Scythian culture. The Scythians regarded the hare as the embodiment of their water goddess and believed that only a future leader could catch up to it on horseback and thus become betrothed to the goddess.
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Pendant in the shape of a hare. Ob River region, Yugra, 5th–12th centuries AD. L 6 cm. Bronze pendant depicting a standing hare. Open Objet Database (OBJET.art) No. HEYZ89 (https://objet.art/subscriptions/66df007fe5f9ab725c30f561). – Image: OBJET.art. Gray patina, minor losses. Provenance: From the Belgian art market; formerly in a Finnish private collection (1990s–2015); formerly in a Finnish private collection (1940s–1990s). Herodotus’ account that the Scythians were carried away by a hare hunt before a battle against Darius I (Histories IV, 134) illustrates the special significance of the animal in Scythian culture. The Scythians regarded the hare as the embodiment of their water goddess and believed that only a future leader could catch up to it on horseback and thus become betrothed to the goddess.
Auction details
Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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