SADDLE HORSE HARNESS - South China - End of the 19th century - beginning of the 20th century

SADDLE HORSE HARNESS

Yi culture, also called Lolo, Yunnan province, South China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), late 19th – early 20th century

Wood, leather, fabric, lacquer, pigments and brass

H.: 84; Long. : 43; L.: 25 cm

(wear of time)

Sculpted and lacquered wooden saddle, decorated with stylized flowers and dotted patterns, drawn in yellow and red ocher on a black background. It has a stitched leather sheath, a pair of carved wooden stirrups suspended from leather straps with chiselled brass fittings and adorned with en suite decor and a leather strap, embellished with large wooden beads.

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