PERSIAN HORSE ARMOR NEAR EAST, EARLY 1ST MILLENIUM B.C. hammered sheet bronze, shaped in the form of a horses muzzle with a series of raised planes (32.5cm tall) Footnote: Provenance: Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Germany, collection number AG R21, acquired in Frankfurt in 1987, pictured in Mr. Guttmann's private museum in supporting image Christie's, London, 28th April 2004, lot. 44 Hermann Historica, Grasbrunn, 12th April 2010, lot 347