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Saddle with Lions
- Exhibition information
- There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the regular 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
On display: Lacquerware
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