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Saddle Plate
Chinese or Tibetan, 17th–18th century
Iron, gold, silver
H. 3½ in. (8.9 cm), W. 4¼ in. (10.8)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase,
Kenneth and Vivian Lam Gift, 2002 (2002.17.20)
cat. no. 123
This plate, for the front left end-board
of a saddle, is made of thick iron that was pierced, chiseled,
and heavily damascened in gold and silver. The mask at the
center is chiseled in high relief so that it stands ten
millimeters above the adjacent scrollwork ground.
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