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Iron horse armour from Pokch’ŏn-dong

Artwork · Anonymous · 5th century · armour

A horse’s face guard from Tomb 10.11 at Pokch’ŏn-dong, Pusan: excavations at Kaya sites have produced considerable iron armour for men and horses, like that in Koguryŏ wall paintings — the basis for Egami’s theory of horse-riders who crossed to Japan. 1 Portal 2000, p. 55, fig. 29. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.