An iron pommel plate from a saddle, and a silver and copper inkwellTibet, the pommel plate 17th/18th century, the inkwell 19th century30.2cm long, 11.8cm high (2).Provenance: Provenance:(the pommel plate:) Soo Tze Orientique, Melbourne, 17 Mar 1993(the inkwell:) Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 4 Oct 1989西藏 十七/十八世紀鉄錯銀鎏金馬鞍飾，及十九世紀銅鑲銀墨瓶傳承:（馬鞍飾：）墨爾本 Soo Tze Orientique，1993年3月17日（墨瓶：）墨爾本 Joshua McClelland Print Room，1989年10月4日The pommel plate in this lot belongs to a small group of closely related saddles that may stem from a single workshop or reflect a specific type developed in one region. Notable features are the lively dragons, chiselled free from the scrollwork ground, and the unusual decorative technique involving silver damascening of the entire surfaces of the saddle plates, with selected design elements highlighted by mercury gilding over the silver.pare with a saddle with similar plate, of slightly different shape but incorporating the same manufacturing techniques, in the collection of Metropolitan Museum, acc.no. 1997.214.1.