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Lot 158*

A Luristan bronze horse bit

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Luristan bronze horse bit
Circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
The cheek pieces in the form of two open-work horses depicted with curled manes, elongated legs and long tails, connected with a crossbar with hoop terminals, 9.2cm high x 15cm wide

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Provenance:
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1975 (Kokusai Bijutsu: Exceptionally Beautiful Western Ancient Art Exhibition, no. 60).

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