Mongol passport (paizi), 13th century; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
China
Iron inlay with silver; H. 7 1/8 in (18.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1993 (1993.256)













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