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Pair of Stirrups
Tibetan or Mongolian, possibly 12th–14th century
Iron, gold, silver
H. 6½ in. (16.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of William H. Riggs,
by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1999 (1999.119a, b)
cat. no. 127
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The style, form, and construction of
this stunning pair of stirrups appear to be without precedent
and largely without parallel in the context of stirrups
from Tibet, China, or Mongolia.
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