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Perhaps a shield ornament. Repoussé in relief. Appears to be charging with head down and one knee bent. A garland of inverted palmettes is incised around the neck.
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Title: Bronze plaque in the shape of a boar
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 5th–4th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
length 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Purchase, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Gift, 2002
Object Number: 2002.200
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