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Re: Re: More Ordos bronze - a harness decoration or pendant -- ann | Post Reply | Edit | Forum | Where am I? |
Yes, there are occasional human figures, and I'd be happy to see more. I remember a belt plaque of a man apparently being eaten by a tiger. I think there are probably more human representations in the Scythian cultures to the west. I'll attach a well-known one supposedly from the Ordos region that's in the British Museum; I've always had doubts about it and now, I notice, there's a question mark beside it in the museum catalogue.
These representations almost always show men with non-Chinese nomadic features. One of the faces on my harness fitting conforms with that, but the other looks very "oriental," which is definitely unusual; I think it may relate to the way in which this culture looks both ways, towards the nomadic west, but also to the more settled southeast.
Cheers,
Will