Pommel Plate from a Saddle, 13th–15th century, Mongolian (Central or West Asian) or Tibetan, Iron, gold, silver, 5 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (14.3 x 26.7 cm), Saddle Plates, The style, materials, and decorative techniques of this pommel plate are like those on Tibetan saddles, but this is the only known pommel plate to feature human figures or a secular scene of any kind, in this case a tiger hunt
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Pommel Plate, Saddle, 13th–15th century, Mongolian, Central, West Asian, Tibetan, Iron, gold, silver, 5 5/8 x 10 1/2, 14.3 26.7 cm, Saddle Plates, style, materials, decorative techniques, pommel plate, Tibetan saddles, feature human, figures, secular scene, any kind, case, tiger hunt
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