A WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE BRIDLE ORNAMENT
PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE BRIDLE ORNAMENT

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE BRIDLE ORNAMENT
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in the form of an ibex reclining to the left with its head turned back, with a large ridged horn arching back over the slender pointed ear, the reverse with two loops for attachment
1 15/16 in. (2 cm.) long
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 25.

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