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 modelled as ibexes, the bodies and legs aligned in a single horizontal line and surmounted by small attachment loops. . 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.