Breast Defense (Peytral) from a Horse Armor, 15th–17th century, Tibetan or Mongolian, Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, hair, H. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); W. 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm), Armor for Horse, In terms of its decoration, this peytral displays a far greater variety of motifs, executed in a more fluid and accomplished style, than any other comparable example of Tibetan horse armor. At the center of the upper section there is a Wish-Granting Jewel on a lotus throne flanked by symmetrical sprays of lush leafy stems and blossoms, and in the center of the lower section there is a Right-turning Conch Shell
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Breast Defense, Peytral, Horse Armor, 15th–17th century, Tibetan, Mongolian, Leather, iron, brass, copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, hair, H, 22 1/2, 57.2 cm, W, 25 5/8, 65.1, Armor, Horse, terms, decoration, peytral displays, far greater, variety, motifs, executed, fluid, accomplished style, any, comparable example, Tibetan horse, armor, center, upper section, Wish-Granting Jewel, lotus throne, flanked, symmetrical sprays, lush leafy, stems, blossoms, lower Right-turning Conch, Shell
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