BRONZE AGE HORSE BITS WITH FIGURAL CHEEKPIECES. Ca. 1200 - 900 BC A bronze horse bit formed of a straight rod of circular section linking a pair of matching openwork cheekpieces, each modelled as a plaque in the form of a horse on a groundline with a pair of arched loops above. Size: 170-190mm x 90-115mm; Weight: 1.16kg. Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with C. E. Schultze collection, Munich, late 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 57.51.40a–c.