Cuirass

Medium

Leather, lacquer, pigment, iron, copper alloy, gold

Dimensions

of breastplate H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); of backplate H. 15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm); of sideplates H. 11 in. (28 cm); of whole cuirass W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); of whole cuirass D. 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm); of whole cuirass Wt. 7 lb. 14 oz. (3566 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Cuirasses

Culture

Iranian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

36.25.342

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