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Belt Fittings with a fragment of the
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13th century
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Drinking Vessel with two handles in
the form of water dragons
13th - early 14th century
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Drinking vessel worn on the belt with
a handle in the form of the half-figure of a dragon
13th century
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The items of nomadic use belonging to the early Juchids
(the first half of the 13th century through to the 1250s) arrived
in the western part of the Great Steppe together with the generation
that founded the Golden Horde. These artefacts reflect the character
of artistic culture at the time of the single united Mongol Empire.
The veteran warriors who owned these articles made from precious metals
may have been personally acquainted not only with Batu, the grandson
of Genghis Khan, who led the westward campaign, but also the noyans
(feudal lords) from the circle of his father Juchi and his grandfather,
the founder of the empire. Belts, drinking vessels worn on the belt
and horse ornaments were a symbol of the sovereign power of the nomadic
nobility, while the artefacts themselves, forming part of the system
of gifts from senior members of the hierarchy to their juniors, served
to strengthen the prestige of the leaders of the local steppe elites.
The items were made by craftsmen whose work embodied a variety of
technical and stylistic traditions. As well as early Juchid pieces
here one can see individual silver artefacts that belonged to Mongols
of the Yuan dynasty in China. |
