沙夫龙正面板（马头防御） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	沙夫龙正面板（马头防御）
品名（英）	Frontal Plate from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
入馆年号	2008年，2008.291
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1501 - 公元 1700
创作地区	原产国: 中国西藏（Country of Origin: Tibet, China）
分类	马术装备Shaffrons（Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons）
尺寸	高 16 1/4 (41.3 厘米); 宽 5 3/8 英寸 (13.7 厘米); 重 1 磅 10.3 盎司 (745.6 g)
介绍（中）	大多数幸存的藏式沙夫隆都是纯粹的功能性盔甲，即使有装饰，也很少。这个杰出的例子是该规则为数不多的例外之一。它由两块来自沙夫隆（shaffron）或头部防御中心的板组成，这一定是属于西藏或蒙古高级贵族的一套极其精致的马甲的一部分。这是已知的唯一一个以这种风格装饰的沙夫隆，卷轴中的龙被刺穿、凿刻在厚厚的铁地上，并用金银镶嵌。同样的材料、技术和图案经常出现在西藏的鞍板、香炉等仪式物品以及重要寺庙和寺院入口门上的钢笔和杯子盒以及加固带等奢侈品上（尽管通常是在较薄的铁地面上）。唯一一个已知的具有真正显著装饰的藏式棚屋（2004.402）也在博物馆中。然而，这件作品的制作方式完全不同，在其扁平的铁板上有一个类似文本的金银镶嵌图案。
介绍（英）	Most of the surviving Tibetan shaffrons are purely functional pieces of armor with minimal, if any, decoration. This outstanding example is one of the few exceptions to that rule. It is made up of two plates from the center of a shaffron, or head defense, that must originally have been part of an extremely elaborate set of horse armor belonging to a high-ranking Tibetan or Mongolian nobleman. It is the only known shaffron decorated in this style, with dragons amid scrollwork pierced, chiseled, and engraved on the thick iron ground and damascened in gold and silver. The same materials, techniques, and motifs are often seen (although usually on a thinner iron ground) on Tibetan saddle plates, ritual objects such as censers, and luxury items such as pen and cup cases and the reinforcing straps found on the entrance doors of important temples and monasteries. The only other known Tibetan shaffron with truly notable decoration (2004.402) is also in the Museum. That piece is worked in a completely different manner, however, with a textilelike pattern in gold and silver damascening on its flat iron plates.