Horse bit cheekpiece in form of a striding horse
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
3 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 11/16 in. (8.9 × 13.3 × 1.7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Equestrian
Culture & Period
Iran · Iron Age III
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.131.1
Tags
Horses