Three Saddle Carpets, from a set of twenty-four woven in the 1930s for the cavalry of Yabzhi Punkhang
- Location
- Central Tibet
- Date
- 1920–1930
- Material
- wool pile and weft, cotton warp
- Dimensions
- 24 3/8 x 46 7/8 in. (62 x 119 cm) and 24 3/8 x 45¼ in. (62 x 115 cm)
- Collection
- The Newark Museum of Art; Purchase 2002 Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund 2002.1.39; 2002.1.40; 2002.1.41
- Photo Credit
- photographs courtesy The Newark Museum of Art
Third carpet, not shown here (2002.1.40), is the main object in the object essay A Mundance Craft Elevated for a Commemorative Parade: Saddle Carpet for the Yabzhi Punkhang Ceremonial Cavalry.
Saddle Carpet for the Yabzhi Punkhang Ceremonial Cavalry
Gyantse, Tsang region, central Tibet
1930s
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