A LURISTAN BRONZE HORSE-BIT, the cheekpieces in the form of openwork rectangular plaques with concave upper and lower edges, the upper edge terminating at one end in an ibex head with high curving horns, six studs inside each cheekpiece both of which are mounted on a rigid mouthpiece of circular section, curled over in opposite directions at each end, 9th-8th Century B.C.

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A LURISTAN BRONZE HORSE-BIT, the cheekpieces in the form of openwork rectangular plaques with concave upper and lower edges, the upper edge terminating at one end in an ibex head with high curving horns, six studs inside each cheekpiece both of which are mounted on a rigid mouthpiece of circular section, curled over in opposite directions at each end, 9th-8th Century B.C.
7½in. (19cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. P. R. S. Moorey, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, London, 1974, p. 68, fig. 35

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