VILLANOVA BRONZE CHEEKPIECE

VILLANOVA BRONZE CHEEKPIECE

Cheekpiece from a horsebit cast in the form of a stylized horse with tall mane to give it a crested effect, ending in small ring at its back, the legs ending in a ring

Ex priv. coll. E.M.F. B., Netherlands, acq. from Royal Athena Galleries, New York, March 19, 1999
Dim. 7 x 8,7 cm. Mounted on perspex stand, fine green patina

8th cent. BC, c. 750-700 BC.

Publ. Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, 1991, no. 42;
Cf. I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1991, 102