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Blinker from a horse harness
Near Eastern, Anatolian, Urartian
Iron Age
699–600 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: eastern Anatolia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 9 x 19 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Horace L. Mayer and William Kelly Simpson
Accession Number1977.489
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Animal-related
DescriptionOriginally attached to a harness to protect the eye of a chariot horse, this blinker bears an image of animal combat executed in repousse. The central figure, a winged sphinx, is pursued by a bearded winged sphinx wearing a helmet and drawing a bow to shoot. Mate to 1981.83.
Provenance1977, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1977)