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Collar 24076
Height: 7,4cm, large diameter: 16cm, small A strip of pink skin is placed astride the
diameter: 13cm rims. These various leathers are sewn
together with gut rope. Sixteen little
This collar is made of multicolored leather. bulges in gilded leather, spread in pairs
Spread across the white leather, a pink and sewn with 2 threads, are placed
skin portrays as cut-outs a pattern, between the horses, overlapping the
repeated four times, of 2 horses facing off borders.
and separated by Lotus flowers. This
theme is framed by two white bands By and large, the conservation of this collar
divided in their center by a narrow green is excellent; only a few of the leather
strip. Other skins, applied green on white, bulges have lost their gild; the green has
establish the scalloped edges. blackened and the skin has darkened.
Dog collar, Cairo Museum (CG 24076), courtesy www.meretsegerbooks.com
