Jul 20, 2017
Gold horse harness (?) from Iran, under the Sassanian kings, just before the Islamic invasion. About 590s-600s AD. This kind of luxury goes with a terribly unequal society, with a few very rich Zoroastrian people and a lot of poor Buddhist and Christian people - Islam brought a new sense of community, at least at first. #islam #sassanid #gold #horseharness #granulatedgold #louvremuseum #parisfrance #iran #incomeinequality #zoroastrianism #manichaeism #buddhism