Lot 74

PAIR OF LURISTAN HORSE BIT CHEEK PIECES
NEAR EAST, C. 1000 - 800 B.C.

Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
£1,260
Description
cast bronze, each depicting a pair of figures, wearing elaborate looping headdresses that sweep inwards towards a central ring for the original insertion of the bit, each figure grasping a central spear and wearing a candys, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
diameter inc. mount 27.5cm
Provenance
Provenance:
The Paul Strickland collection of Lorestan art, acquired from the below
Sotheby's, London, December 12th 1983, lot 78
