Mask from a Horse Bridle

Art Institute of Chicago

Mask from a Horse Bridle

China

Date
Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), about 9th century BC
Medium
Bronze
Culture
China
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

This sheet of hammered bronze was attached to cloth or leather as part of an elaborate bridle. The mask was placed on the horse's forehead, between the ears. Similar plaques have been excavated from the trappings of horses and chariots that were buried in trenches adjacent to aristocratic tombs in present-day Xi'an, the site of the Western Zhou capital.

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