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A Persian Steel Kulah Khud, Dhal, Bazu Band, Mail Shirt, And Two Processional AxesQajar, Late 19th Century
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,320 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Persian Steel Kulah Khud, Dhal, Bazu Band, Mail Shirt, And Two Processional Axes
Qajar, Late 19th Century
Qajar, Late 19th Century
The first with domed skull, gold-damascened central spike, two plume-holders and adjustable nasal en suite, and vandyked camail (partly detached) of butted iron and brass rings; the second of convex circular form with four gold-damascened domed bosses and applied brass border; the third shaped to the fore-arm and with two wrist-plates (detached), each retaining its red textile lining and decorated overall with gold-damascened panels linked by flowerheads, and all against a ground of chiselled flowering foliage, the kulah khud and dhal each bordered with ovoidal and circular panels chiselled with silver-damascened Persian verses in cursive script; the fourth of butted iron rings (two pieces detached) with horizontal lines of butted brass rings, waist length, open up the front, and with short sleeves; the fifth each with double crescentic blades and bifurcated central spike decorated on each side with silver-damascening, the latter each pierced with three circular holes, on slender tubular steel hafts (6)
The first 29.5 cm. high
The first 29.5 cm. high








