An unusual pair of bronze horse-harness cheek fittings Western Zhou Dynasty Created in mirror image to be attached to the harness on both sides of a horse's head, possibly as military protection or for ceremonial display purposes, each formed from a thin metal sheet as an irregularly-curving pieced plaque, now with attractive green patination and minor shallow encrustation, fitted stands. 22cm (9in) wide (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 西周 青銅馬鑣一對 Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1961 J.T. Tai & Co., New York Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 10. Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: C.T. Loo, Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no.131. 來源：紐約古董商盧吳公司，1961年 紐約古董商戴潤齋 紐約蘇富比，2011年3月22日，拍品編號10 展覽著錄：盧芹齋，《中國藝術展》，紐約，1941年，編號131 See a related example illustrated by C.F.Kelley and Ch'en Meng-Chia, Chinese Bronzes from the Buckingham Collection, Chicago, 1946, pl.XLII. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com