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Cheek piece from a horse bit
700 BCE
Medium
bronze
Measurements
13.8 × 3.7 × 13.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran
Accession Number
3482-D3
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Cast figure of a winged ibex, walking right, set on a bar (ground-line), and with a large round hole through the centre of the body, the reverse with two loops and two projections. The beast's haunch is outlined with a chased band and the wings have internal detail, probably chased. It has a rope-twist formation as part of the tail.