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LOT 0297
Luristan Bronze Horse Bit with Horses
11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/4 in. (654 grams, 21 cm wide).
The cheekpieces formed as stylised horses with small ears, elongated heads and long tails, a circular opening to the body for the bar to pass through, two loops to the body and two spurs to the reverse.
Provenance
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11975-210127
Literature
Cf. Legrain, L., Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Philadelphia, 1934, pl.XVIII no.52; Musée Cernuschi, Bronzes de Luristan, enigmes de l'Iran Ancien, IIIe-Ier millenaire av. J.C., Paris, 2008, p.111, no.71, 112, nos.72-73, for similar types.
Footnotes
In Luristan, horses were usually buried with a bronze horse-bit in their mouths, as shown by finds from Sarkishti, where the horses’ teeth were stained green.
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