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Lot 93

An Unusual Persian Steel Kulah Khud
Qajar, Late 19th Century

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An Unusual Persian Steel Kulah Khud
Qajar, Late 19th Century

With domed skull decorated with cartouche-shaped panels chiselled with foliage variously inhabited by horsemen, lionesses and antelope, all within silver-damascened borders, the front embossed and chased to form a mustachioed demon's face picked out in silver-damascening, the rim bordered by shaped panels chiselled with silver-damascened Arabic calligraphy, fitted with silver-damascened plume-holders, curved horns, central spike of diamond section, and nasal, and with vandyked camail of butted iron and brass rings; together with a Nepalese circular hide dhal with iron mounts painted red, the front applied with crossed iron kukris (worn overall, leather shrunk); a filigree-mounted white-metal jambiya, in its scabbard en suite; and a group of filigree-mounted white-metal items comprising a belt set with red glass and jingles, a bracelet en suite, a silver bracelet, an amulet, a pair of earrings, two cosmetic containers, and another item (12)
The first 30.5 cm. high

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