Object: Horse Bit
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,11.4.24 (at S. of A),Capt. W. H. Murray
Site: China
Country: China
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 106, 109
Width (mm): rings 57 x 40; centre 26
Thickness (mm): 12, 12.25, 9.5
Weight (g): 290
Patina: Polished patina mottled medium green. A patch (where shaded on linked ring) of dark red-brown patina + fawn coloured earth. A similar patch on other side of the other ring.
Surface: Smooth. Golden bronze shows on the square edges.
Description: The large rings are oval in section + the linked rings are round. The bars are crudely round.