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 cast as horned winged ibexes, the heads raised, and the wings swept back. . 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 Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.102; Christie's, Live Auction 9723, Antiquities, Including an English Private Collection of, 29 October 2003, Lot 257.