A PAIR OF SILVER-AND GILT-DAMASCENED IRON STIRRUPS
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Each stirrup with the tread damascened with an eight-spoked wheel at center, above a band of lotus petals, the articulated branches leading to the eye at top, which is in the form of addorsed makaras, all richly damascened with silver and gold
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
A PAIR OF SILVER-AND GILT-DAMASCENED IRON STIRRUPS
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Each stirrup with the tread damascened with an eight-spoked wheel at center, above a band of lotus petals, the articulated branches leading to the eye at top, which is in the form of addorsed makaras, all richly damascened with silver and gold
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
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