About the Artwork
Horse Bit
8th century BC
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Italic
Villanovan
Bronze
Overall (cheekpieces): 2 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (6.7 × 9.5 cm) Overall (bit): 6 3/8 inches (16.2 cm)
Metalwork
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of The Etruscan Foundation, Inc.
61.150
Public Domain
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Provenance
1886, Museo Archeologico (Florence, Italy)
1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Peck, W., "Etruscan Pottery and Bronzes," Bulletin of the DIA, vol 41, no 3, 1962, pp 52-53 n.1.
Caccioli, D. A., The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 14, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2009, cat. no. 48, pp. 91-2, ill. pl. 54-55.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Villanovan, Italic, Horse Bit, 8th century BC, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Etruscan Foundation, Inc., 61.150.
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