162-A - Horse bit from the Villanova culture. 8th–7th centuries B.C. H 13.4 cm, L 17.4 cm. Side piece of a bit in the shape of a stylized horse with a large mane and button eyes. Three small eyelets on the back and one large eyelet in place of the front hoof. Accompanied by an invoice from 1990 (copy)! Green patina; hind leg broken. Provenance: From a private collection in northern Germany; ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 319, 442; formerly in a private French collection, acquired in 1990 from Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes; prior to that, in a private collection in Marseille since before 1945.

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