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Property from the Collection of Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
A LURISTAN BRONZE HORSEBIT
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A LURISTAN BRONZE HORSEBIT
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Each cheek-piece cast in the form of a moufflon walking along a groundline, its head turned out, its ridged horns splayed, a horned deity standing on its back grasping the tip of the moufflon's horn with one hand, holding an attribute in the other, a large circular perforation at the center for the thick bit, round in section with coiled ends
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Each cheek-piece cast in the form of a moufflon walking along a groundline, its head turned out, its ridged horns splayed, a horned deity standing on its back grasping the tip of the moufflon's horn with one hand, holding an attribute in the other, a large circular perforation at the center for the thick bit, round in section with coiled ends
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1950s-1960s.