ArH 381: Nomadic Intrusions into China (Xiongnu)

1. Drawing of the ornament on a bronze tube inlaid with gold and silver. From tomb M122, Dingxian, Hobei, China. 2nd c. B.C.E.
2. Drawing of the ornament on a bronze tube inlaid with gold and silver. China, provenance unknown; now Tokyo School of Art. 2nd c. B.C.E.
3. Plaque in the form of a feline, a bird, and a horse. Bronze; L. 12.1 cm. Xiongnu; believed to be from the Ordos region, China.
4. Plaque in the form of a feline savaging a horse (?). Bronze; Inner Mongolia, Ordos region.
5. Plaques in the form of mythical wolves. Gold, turqoise inlay. Aluchaideng, Ordos region, Inner Mongolia
6. Drawings of bronze poletops. Yulongtai, Ordos region, Inner Mongolia
7. Ornaments for a headdress: eagle standing over a figured cap, gold braid terminating in rampant wolves. Gold and turqoise. Aluchaident, Ordos region, Inner Mongolia.
8. Ornament for a headdress in the form of a mythical stag or horse. Gold. Shenmu, Shensi Province, China

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