POST-NASRID SPAIN, 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF IRON STIRRUPS
Post-Nasrid Spain, 16th or 17th century
Of typical form, the bases with a central roundel with a pierced geometric design, suspension loops above
8in. (20cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Colonel Alois Podhajsky

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Lot Essay

A pair of stirrups of similar form with the same type of cut roundel with geometric design is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are of gilded bronze rather than steel and have elaborate enamel decoration. They have been dated to the beginning of the 16th century.

Digard, J-P. et.al.: Chevaux et cavaliers arabes, Exhibition cat. L'institut du monde arabe, Paris, 2002, no.100, p.146

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