Horse bit with cheekpieces in form of a winged sphinx
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
4 13/16 × 9 11/16 × 4 11/16 in. (12.3 × 24.6 × 11.9 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Equestrian
Culture & Period
Iran · Iron Age III
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932
Accession Number
32.161.24
Tags
Sphinx