Horse bit cheekpiece in form of a winged, human-headed quadruped
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
6.46 x 5.87 in. (16.41 x 14.91 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Equestrian
Culture & Period
Iran · Iron Age
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988
Accession Number
1988.102.24