Cats

Gold lioness, possible horse ornament, about 4 inches across from the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. The round holes once held colored inlays of stone or glass.

Cat talisman, Sauromatian/Sarmatian carving.

Tiger with horns motif, leather cut-out for decoration on saddle. From Tuekta I in the Altai area of Russia near the Chinese border.

Bone chape (decorated a sheath or served as a dagger pommel) 580 - 500 B.C.

Bronze cat from a horse's harness found in northern China.

Lioness from a gold pectoral found at Ziwiyeh, Iran, in the area of Luristan.

Panther decorated with tiny feline images on the tail and feet, with inlays in ear and eye. The plaque was an ornament on the armor of a warrior. From Kelermes, east of the Crimea, beginning of the sixth century B.C.

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