Element from a Lacquered Leather Cuirass

Unknown Artist

900–1400

Element from a Lacquered Leather Cuirass by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquered leather

Dimensions

H. 5 1/8 inches (13 cm); W. 6 3/4 inches (17.1 cm)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Yi or Nuosu, China (Yunnan or Sichuan)

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 1999

Accession Number

1999.260

Tags

Dragons

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