Saddle Pommel
Unknown Artist
7th–9th century
Medium
Gold foil and silver
Dimensions
Overall (largest fragment): H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification
Metalwork
Culture & Period
China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Central Asia) · Period of Tibetan Empire
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Elizabeth V. Cockcroft, by exchange, 2006
Accession Number
2006.474a–ii