Plaque
30-33-1.12
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Russia | Kuban | Maikop
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 30-33-1.12 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Scythian |
| Provenience | Russia | Kuban | Maikop |
| Date Made | 499-400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold |
| Technique | Punched | Soldered |
| Iconography | Volute |
| Description | Openwork plaques depict four heart-shaped volute articulated in relief and arranged in a circular design around a central rhombus; the base of each volute forms one side of the rhombus, and four additional rhombi are set between the upper edges of the volutes. Four attachment rings are soldered on the reverse of each plaque. Reconstructed as part of numerous gold plaques decorating a shirt. |
| Outside Diameter | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930 |
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