Pommel Plate from a Saddle

Mongolian (Central or West Asian) or Tibetan

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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. It is very similar to hunting scenes that occur frequently on early fourteenth-century metalwork from the Ilkhanate, a state founded by the Mongols in Persia, which suggests that this plate was made for a Mongol patron, either in Persia or in Tibet, based on Ilkhanid designs.

Pommel Plate from a Saddle, Iron, gold, silver, Mongolian (Central or West Asian) or Tibetan

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Pommel plate from a saddle, front

Pommel Plate from a Saddle, Iron, gold, silver, Mongolian (Central or West Asian) or Tibetan
Pommel Plate from a Saddle, Iron, gold, silver, Mongolian (Central or West Asian) or Tibetan

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