Saddle, ca. 1400–1420, Made in perhaps Bohemia, Central Europe, Central European, Staghorn, limewood, rawhide, birchbark

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Saddle, ca. 1400–1420, Made in perhaps Bohemia, Central Europe, Central European, Staghorn, limewood, rawhide, birchbark, polychromy, Overall ((a) Saddle): 13 5/16 × 20 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. ( × × cm), Ivories-Bone, This is one of about twenty known Medieval saddles decorated with bone plaques. The saddles vary somewhat in decoration, but certain motifs are common throughout. For instance, Saint George, standing over the defeated dragon, appears with elegant couples on most of the saddles

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