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Tibetan cavalry armor, 18th to 19th century, possible Bhutanese and Nepalese elements, iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile, assembled based on photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa during the Great Prayer Festival. The photographs showed troops of ceremonial armored cavalry, who wore a standardized set of equipment as stipulated by the central government of Tibet probably from the mid-seventeenth or eighteenth century onward. Met museum. Chinese Armor, Costume Armour, Ancient Armor, Historical Armor, Armadura Medieval, Battle Armor, Knight Armor, Arm Armor, Medieval Armor

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Tibetan cavalry armor, 18th to 19th century, possible Bhutanese and Nepalese elements, iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile, assembled based on photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa during the Great Prayer Festival. The photographs showed troops of ceremonial armored cavalry, who wore a standardized set of equipment as stipulated by the central government of Tibet probably from the mid-seventeenth or eighteenth century onward. Met museum.

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Tibetan helmet, mail shirt, char-aina mirror armor, armored belt. Tibetan Armor, Mirror Armor, Indo European, Century Armor, Historical Warriors, Life Drawing Reference, Full Metal Jacket, Historical Armor, Face Drawing Reference

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Tibetan helmet, mail shirt, char-aina mirror armor, armored belt.

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Tibetan warriors shown wearing helmets, mail armor and char-aina / mirror armor. Tibetan Armor, Tibetan Warrior, Mirror Armor, Chinese Armor Ancient, Mail Armor, Theatrical Scenery, Chinese Armor, Warrior Costume, Asian Architecture

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Tibetan warriors shown wearing helmets, mail armor and char-aina / mirror armor.

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1200-1300 Mongolian Warrior Armor whole set. Warrior Armor, Armadura Cosplay, Chinese Armor, Armor Clothing, Ancient Armor, Historical Armor, Armadura Medieval, Leather Armor, Knight Armor

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1200-1300 Mongolian Warrior Armor whole set.

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When Tibetan armor meets Ming. Reconstructed Tibetan armor based on artifact of Guge Kingdom in Western Tibet Ngari region.pic.twitter.com/Ht7G0LHcnj Tibetan Armor, Human Odyssey, Asian Armor, Chinese Armour, Chinese Armor, Century Armor, Medieval Armour, Back In My Day, Chinese History

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When Tibetan armor meets Ming. Reconstructed Tibetan armor based on artifact of Guge Kingdom in Western Tibet Ngari region.

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Tibetan cavalry armor, 18th to 19th century, possible Bhutanese and Nepalese elements, iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile, assembled based on photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa during the Great Prayer Festival. The photographs showed troops of ceremonial armored cavalry, who wore a standardized set of equipment as stipulated by the central government of Tibet probably from the mid-seventeenth or eighteenth century onward. Met museum. Mounted Archery, Horse Armor, Historical Armor, Knight Armor, Arm Armor, Moyen Age, Medieval Fantasy, Military History, Archery

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Tibetan cavalry armor, 18th to 19th century, possible Bhutanese and Nepalese elements, iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile, assembled based on photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa during the Great Prayer Festival. The photographs showed troops of ceremonial armored cavalry, who wore a standardized set of equipment as stipulated by the central government of Tibet probably from the mid-seventeenth or eighteenth century onward. Met museum.

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Elite Tang dynasty cavalryman wearing the distinctive 虎冠 "tiger crown" that marked them as some of the most elite warriors on the battlefield, sometimes the item would be sewn out of colorful fabrics with gilded rims and lacquered features that imitated a grimacing tiger while other times real tiger skin (claws and head) would be used to give the wearer a ferocious aspect. These wings usually gathered the bravest and the highest quality of fighting troops Tiger Knight, Chinese Tiger, Chinese Armor, Guan Yu, Black Armor, Chinese Warrior, 그림 낙서, Historical Armor, Armadura Medieval

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UNIT: Elite Tang Tiger Cavalry Part 2: 虎冠骑

Elite Tang dynasty cavalryman wearing the distinctive 虎冠 "tiger crown" that marked them as some of the most elite warriors...

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Cavalry armor [Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese] (36.25.25,.28,.351) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Samurai, Painting Japanese, Chinese Armor, Painting Study, Historical Armor, Armadura Medieval, Samurai Armor, Asian History, Figurative Painting

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Armored Cavalryman | Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date: 18th–19th century. Culture: Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese. Medium: Steel, iron, gold, silver, copper alloy, brass, wood, leather, tex...

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Tibetan lamellar armor and helmet, 17th c or earlier, Iron, leather, textile, unusually complete, twice as many rows as similar armors, the only example in a Western collection, one of the few in the world, that has full armored sleeves. Similar sleeves of this rare form have also been found in the ruins of Tsaparang, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge, in Ngari (western Tibet), very complete and well preserved eight-plate lamellar type helmet. National Museums of Scotland. Tibetan Armor, Lamellar Armor, Chinese Armor, Body Armour, Ancient Kingdom, Historical Armor, Armadura Medieval, Early Middle Ages, Arm Armor

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Tibetan lamellar armor and helmet, 17th c or earlier, Iron, leather, textile, unusually complete, twice as many rows as similar armors, the only example in a Western collection, one of the few in the world, that has full armored sleeves. Similar sleeves of this rare form have also been found in the ruins of Tsaparang, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge, in Ngari (western Tibet), very complete and well preserved eight-plate lamellar type helmet. National Museums of Scotland.

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Tibetan helmet, Met Museum.

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