Horse bit and matching cavesson (noseband)

Until 1971, private collection, England; purchased by Mrs. Vladimir S. Littauer from Sotheby's, London, July 12th, 1971, lot 22b; acquired by the Museum in 1971, gift of Mrs. Vladimir S. Littauer, Syosset, NY.

“The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire,” Asia House Gallery, New York, The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

Sotheby & Co. 1971. Egyptian, Irish Bronze Age, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish and Viking Antiquities, 12 July 1971, London, pp. 10-11, lot 22B.

Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 102 (Jul. 1, 1971 - Jun. 30, 1972), p. 38.

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Yule, Paul. 2007. "Zafar, capital of Himyar, Ibb Province, Yemen." Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen 11. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, pp. 541-543, pl. 46, 1a.

Viallon, Marina. 2022. "Un rare mors de cheval sassanide et son caveçon conservés au Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." In Equidés, le cheval, l’âne et la mule dans les empires de l’Orient ancien, Actes du Colloque International de Paris, 12-13 Octobre 2018, edited by Delphine Poinsot and Margaux Spruyt, Paris: Routes de l'Orient Actes, pp. 171-180.