Crossbow Support

300–200 BCE Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.3

Here, the rectangular socket of the bow support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.

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