Horse bit cheekpiece in form of addorsed griffin heads
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
2.36 x 4.25 in. (5.99 x 10.8 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
56.42.2
Tags
Griffins