Works of Art (24)
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Armors for Man and Horse, dated 1548, Kunz Lochner (German), German (Nuremberg), Etched steel, leather (29.151.2. 32.69) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Bow-shaped fitting, 13th–10th century B.C., Northwest China, Bronze (26.203.2) |
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Breast defense (peytral) and detail of a pair of neck defenses (crinet) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1997.242a–c) |
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Breast defense (peytral) from a horse armor, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, and hair (1999.36) |
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Bridle, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, leather, and gold (2005.73a) |
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Bridle, 15th–17th century,
Tibetan,
Leather, iron, and gold (1998.282) |
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Cavalry armor, 18th–19th century,
Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese,
Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile (36.25.25, .28, .351, .476, .583a–c,h–k, .842a–c, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557, 1974.160.10 ,1970.164.7a,b) |
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Chariot Trappings, 200–400, Provincial Roman, perhaps Thrace, Copper alloy with champlevé enamel (2000.505a-o) |
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Curb Bit, ca. 1350, Spanish, Iron, bronze, enameled and gilt (04.3.478a,b) |
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Design for a Saddle Plate, ca. 1575–80,
Italy (Parma or Milan),
Pen and colored washes on paper (1993.234) |
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Harness Decoration, 100–300, Celtic or Roman, Copper alloy (48.154.5) |
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, and brass or copper alloy (1997.242d)
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Head defense for a horse (shaffron), 15th–17th century,
Tibetan or Mongolian,
Iron, leather, gold, brass or copper alloy, and textile (2004.402) |
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Horse Bit, 600–800, Visigothic or Byzantine, Iron inlaid with copper alloy, gold, and silver (47.100.24) |
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Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1) |
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Horse Bridle or Belt Ornaments, Gilt copper or copper alloy and cloisonné enamel (17.190.962a-j) |
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Pair of stirrups, 16th–18th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, and silver (1997.214.2a,b) |
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Rowel Spur, ca. 1400, Spanish, Catalan, Copper, gold, and enamel (14.25.1737) |
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Saddle, 15th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, gold, wood, and leather (2002.225) |
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Saddle, 17th–18th century,
Eastern Tibetan or Chinese for the Tibetan market,
Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and textile (1997.214.1)
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Set of saddle plates, ca. 1400,
Tibetan or Chinese,
Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise (1999.118) |
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Stirrup, 975–1075,
Anglo-Scandinavian, possibly from southern England,
Iron inlaid with copper alloy (47.100.23) |
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Terret (Rein Guide), 1st century A.D., Celtic; Britain, Copper alloy, with champlevé enamel (1988.79) |
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Thematic Essays (9)
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