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A Turkish Breast-Plate (Krug)Late 15th/Early 16th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £562.50 inc. premium
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Late 15th/Early 16th Century
Late 15th/Early 16th Century
Of steel, comprising a circular central plate and three smaller plates attached to it by riveted steel rings (some plates and mail missing), the main plate with flat central boss (minor damage) bordered by radiating flutes and incised with the Ottoman arsenal mark (tanğa) of St. Irene above, the neck-plate incised 'The Humble Surayya' in nasta'liq and 'The work of Ahmed' in thuluth (surface rust and pitting)
49 cm. wide
49 cm. wide
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The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada








