Two pairs of harness cheek pieces
Artist: Unknown
On display
Chariots would have been pulled by two horses during the Shang dynasty (about 1500-1050 BC) but, by the time of the Eastern Zhou dynasty’s Spring and Autumn period (770-475 BC), four horses were often used in order to increase a chariot’s speed in combat. These pieces are likely to have been used on the bridle helping to hold the bit in the horse’s mouth.
Details
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Two pairs of harness cheek pieces
- Date
- Zhou dynasty (about 1100-256 BC)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H: 12.7 cm.
- Reference
- CVCSC 0392.1.1-2.A & 0392.2.2.1-2.A
- Collection
- Chinese Bronzes