A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine with well-preserved surfaces and minor

with well-preserved surfaces and minor mineral deposits

were in power north of the Great Wall

Condition:  Fragmentary as described

I completed two-thirds

A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine with well-preserved surfaces and minorThis finely cast bronze harness roundel is executed in openwork form centered around a tubular aperture and framed by a serrated outer border. Four intertwined serpent like creatures radiate symmetrically from the center, their elongated bodies curving dynamically around the composition to create a strong sense of rotational movement. The reverse preserves an integral attachment loop, indicating the object originally functioned as an ornamental