A RARE PAIR OF SELJUK BRONZE STIRRUPS, the wide flat foot-rests with cusped edges divided underneath by a medial ridge, surmounted by an arc mounted with opposed birds and rectangular loop for attachment, joined to the foot-rest with animal heads between arched and scrolling loops, (one rectangular attachment loop broken), circa 11th century

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A RARE PAIR OF SELJUK BRONZE STIRRUPS, the wide flat foot-rests with cusped edges divided underneath by a medial ridge, surmounted by an arc mounted with opposed birds and rectangular loop for attachment, joined to the foot-rest with animal heads between arched and scrolling loops, (one rectangular attachment loop broken), circa 11th century
5¼in. (13.4cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A very similar pair of bronze stirrups is in the Khalili Collection (Alexander, D.: The Arts of War, The Nassir D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol.XXI, no.18, p.58)

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