Parade Saddle, ca. 1450, German or Tyrolean, Bone, polychromy, wood, leather, iron alloy, H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); L. 22 in. (54.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Equestrian Equipment-Saddles, About twenty similarly decorated saddles exist, dating from the late fourteenth to the mid-fifteenth century. The shape, with its low, splayed cantle (rear of the seat), was characteristic of eastern European saddles, but the exact place of origin and original purpose of these examples of elaborately carved bone are unknown
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Parade Saddle, ca, 1450, German, Tyrolean, Bone, polychromy, wood, leather, iron alloy, H, 16 1/2, 41.9 cm, L, 22, 54.8, W, 17, 43.2, Equestrian Equipment-Saddles, twenty, similarly, decorated, saddles, exist, dating, late fourteenth, mid-fifteenth century, shape, low, splayed cantle, rear, seat, characteristic, eastern European, exact place, origin, original purpose, examples, elaborately carved, bone, unknown
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