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Breast Defense (Peytral) from
a Horse Armor
Tibetan or Mongolian, 15th–17th century
Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments,
textile, yak hair
H. 22½ in. (57.2 cm), W. 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bashford Dean Memorial Collection,
Funds from various donors,
by exchange, 1999 (1999.36)
cat. no. 31
In terms of its decoration, this peytral
displays a far greater variety of motifs, executed in a
more fluid and accomplished style, than any other example.
At the center of the upper section there is a Wish-Fulfilling
Jewel on a lotus throne flanked by symmetrical sprays of
lush leafy stems and blossoms; there is a Right-Turning
Conch Shell in the center of the lower section. The borders
of the central sections are edged with silver wire, while
the other sections have copper wire, both sewn in a fine
chain stitch. Carbon-14 testing resulted in a date range
of 1402 to 1626.
Detail: Close up
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