Central Asia, eastern Black Sea region / Caucasus, Cimmerian, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A collection of three cast bronze items that would have formed part of a horse's bridle: two identical, gently curved hooks with three loops on their backs, and one pair of rods that are joined together by cast loops. The Cimmerians, like their neighbors in the steppes to the east, the Scythians, relied upon horses as part of a nomadic lifestyle of raiding and fighting. Both are little known, with much of what we know coming from unreliable sources like Herodotus; the Cimmerians left behind little but elaborate burial mounds full of functional and beautiful items like these. Size: 6.7" W x 0.8" H (17 cm x 2 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection

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All have mottled turquoise patinas and very nice remaining forms.