Decorative plate from the grave 5 kurgan 3 of the bu rial ground Ki chigi no I

The paper analyzes fragments of the golden foil, which were found during the investigation of grave 5 kurgan 3 of Kichigino I burial ground. Initially these fragments probably were the parts of openwork decorative plate with depicted scene of animal torment on it according to the Scythian and Siberian animal style image tradition. Authors assume four variants of form reconstruction. Stylistic and technological features of the plate distinguish it from other adornments, which were found during the investigations both in the burial 5 and kurgan 3.Generally this article is not typical for art image traditions of Southern Trans-Urals animal style.