Dumbarton Oaks - Harness Cheekpiece Attachment

Harness Cheekpiece Attachment

Chinese, Southern Siberia
6th century BCE - 5th century BCE
14.9 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (5 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
bronze
BZ.1929.8

Not on view

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Description

One of a pair of cast bronze cheekpieces from a horsebit, representing an elongated feline animal. Slightly thinner and curved at the undecorated center between the front and rear ends of the animal. See also BZ.1929.7.

Bibliography

Handbook of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University (Washington, DC, 1967), no. 92.

Acquisition History

Purchased through Royall Tyler, Paris, June 5, 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Harvard University, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, November 1940.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

Related Objects

Harness Cheekpiece Attachment
BZ.1929.7

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023