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Lot 67*
A Rare Indian Mail And Plate Shirt19th Century, Probably Kutch
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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19th Century, Probably Kutch
19th Century, Probably Kutch
Of riveted and solid rings of varying degrees of thickness, comprising a short-sleeved thigh-length shirt opening up the front and with two rows of three rectangular plates at the front overlaid in parcel-gilt silver chased with repeated designs of flower-heads against finely punched grounds, the central plates secured in the closed position by long pins, flanked by similar plates under the armpits and down the sides, the back with five plates en suite and with three rows of overlapping rectangular plates across the shoulders, each with cusped lower edge and overlaid in silver chased with repeated designs of gilt florets (small areas of rust)
58.5 cm. long
58.5 cm. long
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Provenance
The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada








