AN EAST TIBETAN, DERGE, GILT BRONZE UPHOLSTERED SADDLE, SADDLE CLOTH, BRIDLE AND STRAPS, the saddle with large gilt bronze shaped mountings at the cantle and pommel, each pierced with bands of dense peony meander, chased and embossed with a pair of dragons grasping at pearls flanking a central kirtimukha against an elaborate floral ground, the cut velvet saddle with multi-coloured flowers against a beige ground, an iron and leather bridle, the first with gilt floral inlay, caparisons for the hindquarters and another strap, each set with oval plaques embossed with foliage on embroidered floral brocade grounds, a pair of brass stirrups hung from silk thongs at the front, an elaborate metal thread and silk embroidered saddle cloth with floral roundels within bands of scrolling, key pattern and flowerheads at the edge above the fringes, 19th Century