Shirt of Mail and Plate of Al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Din Qaitbay (ca. 1416/18–1496), 18th Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt

Date

ca. 1468–96

Type

Shirt of mail and plate

Medium

Steel, iron, copper alloy, gold

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

probably Egyptian

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2016.99

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, and Rogers, Acquisitions and Fletcher Funds, 2016