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CIRCULAR GOLDEN PLATE WITH A FIGURE OF PANTHERA

A mythological creature called among the Mongols as Bers is embossed in relief in accordance with their depiction in imaginative fantasy. This golden plaque is 13 cm in diameter and the creature depicted has a single horn, the head of roaring-leopard, a dragon neck and four legs of a tiger, which is considered to be one of the most powerful animals on earth.

SILVER HARNESS ORNAMENT WITH A FIGURE OF LEFTWARD-FACING BOVIDAE

The plaque has a rhombic ovoid shape, and is 18cm in length, 6.5cm at widest and 5cm at its narrowest width. The single-horned goat is depicted elaborately in a standing posture facing leftward amid curly cloud motif in an extraordinarily artistic manner. The unicorn-like goat is standing on its left foreleg and right hind leg, with its right foreleg and left hind leg bent and raised upward. The beard, throat mane, muscles of shoulder and hind are embellished in an extraordinary design in repousse. The tip of the ribbed horn is curled up and the five ridges of horn are exquisitely shown in relief.

CIRCULAR SILVER HARNESS ORNAMENT WITH A FIGURE OF A UNICORN ANTELOPE-1

The circular silver ornament plaque shows a single-horned unicorn antelope with its head reclined in a standing posture facing leftward in an outstandingly artistic manner. The unicorn-like antelope is standing on its left foreleg and right hind leg, with its right foreleg and left hind leg bent and raised upward. The curvilinear indented lines mark the curly manes on jaw, throat and chest and the muscles of shoulder and hind are embellished in repousse. The tail hair is also accented with lines seen between its hind legs. The antelope figure is surrounded by thick cloudy motifs. Diameter 13.3cm

SILVER HARNESS ORNAMENT WITH A FIGURE OF A UNICORN ANTELOPE

On a silver plaque of a rhombic ovoid shape, there is a single-horned unicorn with a height of 17.5cm that is depicted flamboyantly in a standing posture facing leftward amid a curly cloud motif in a remarkably artistic manner. The silver plaque is slightly broken on the right side, which made the right hind leg bent and raised. The throat mane, neck, chest and hind muscles are embellished in an extraordinary design in repousse. The tip of the ribbed horn is curled up and the seven ridges of horn are exquisitely shown in relief. The two pricked ears are pinned back and forth.

GOLDEN SHAFFRON PLAQUE WITH A FIGURE OF A UNICORN PANTHERA

This golden harness ornament with a length of 28.2cm, depicts a crouching leopard with a four-ridged single horn and it has its neck stretched and head turned back. The upper part shows a leopard head that is 3.5cm in width and the lower part with tail that is 2.5cm in width. This single-horned mythological leopard is posed elaborately in a crouching posture, where it has its chest and hind legs embossed ornately. Its forelegs are also in crouching position with both foreleg and hindleg paws squeezed and stretched. The muscular parts of the chest, hindlegs and the tip of the tail were accented with turquoise and l chalcedony inlays. The leopard in motion is embossed in relief amid floral motifs of five-petal circular flowers and six-petal leaf-shaped flowers. The flowers are also adorned with turquoise and chalcedony gems in bezels.

DISTORTED OVOID- SHAPED GOLDEN BREASTPLATE PLAQUE WITH FIGURES OF A PAIR OF PANTERAS

This golden plaque is in a distorted ovoid shape with a length of 17.5cm and a width of 6.5cm in its bulged base and is 5cm in its tapered part. On this golden ornament, a pair of Bers, leopard-headed and dragon-necked mythological creatures are shown, one with horn and the other without These creatures are placed en face with their heads flamboyantly embossed and their bodies tending leftward amid floral patterns. The creature beneath has a larger body and mane with no horn and the creature above has a smaller body and horn. Two mythological creatures with floral motifs of a five-petal round flower and six-petal leaf-shaped flowers are punctuated by turquoise and chalcedony inlays. The choice to depict these creatures with and without horn evidently demonstrates the context of a couple of masculine and feminine creatures. The horned creature is feminine with a smaller body and its ribbed horn has three ridges. The maned creature is the masculine one with a larger body in bezels.

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