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Saddle with Lions 

Exhibition information
There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

A ground of gold powder contrasts with lions in mother-of-pearl. These materials were popular around the 12th and 13th centuries for saddle trees used by the samurai.

Cultural property designation
Important Cultural Property
Quantity
Artist
Period/Century
Heian–Kamakura period, 12th–13th century
Country/Origin
Excavation site
Material
Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
Size
Inscriptions
Donor
Gift of Mr. Kanō Jigorō
Collection reference no.
H-3753
Genre
Lacquerware
Category
Applied arts > Arms and armor > Horse tack > Saddles
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