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VILLANOVAN BRONZE HORSE BIT

With cheekpieces in the form of stylized horses. Looped, key-shaped, rein guides, and three attached rings.

Ex Sol and Colleen Rabin collection, California.

Etruria, ca. 8th century BC

L. 14 in. (35 cm.); H. 3 in. (7.5 cm.), Total L. 14 in. (35 cm.); cheekpiece H. 3 in. (7.5 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 32
Art of the Ancient World, 1997, no. 44

CLG115
$20,000


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