Lot 171
Two Qajar steel Helmets Persia, 19th Century(2)
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,160 inc. premium
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Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
each of domed form surmounted by a spike, the nose guards with palmette finials flanked by two plume holders, one decorated with a band of inscription-filled cartouches around the rim, both profusely decorated with figures, mail neck guard attached to both
18.5 cm. diam.(2)
18.5 cm. diam.(2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The private collection of H.E. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, acquired in the 1960s. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran from 1961-1962, and was also Iran's Ambassador to the Holy See from 1966-1970 and an honorary president of the Iran Society from 1958-1961. He is the author of The Rubiyat of Ghods.