Saddle with Bush Clovers 

Thick pieces of inlaid turban shell are used to depict bush clovers, plants associated with autumn that often feature in classical poetry.(170613_h12)"

Cultural property designation

Important Cultural Property

Quantity

Artist

Period/Century

Heian period, 12th century

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Collection reference no.

H-495

Genre

Lacquerware

Category

Applied arts > Arms and armor > Horse tack > Saddles