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Bridle
Tibetan, 15th–17th century
Leather, iron, and gold
H. 21 in. (53.3 cm), W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase,
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1998 (1998.282)
cat. no. 135

This bridle is decorated with an elaborate series of pierced and chiseled iron fittings damascened in gold. To add to the appearance of depth, much of the pierced scrollwork is backed by a secondary ground made of a shaped plate of dark iron damascened in gold with a wave pattern.

Detail: Bridle

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