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Lot 98R

A set of Qajar Gold Damascened Steel Armour
Persia, 19th Century
(4)

11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A set of Qajar Gold Damascened Steel Armour
Persia, 19th Century

comprising a helmet (khula-khud), a shield (sipar), an arm-guard (bazuband), engraved and decorated en-suite in gold overlay with vegetal interlace, the helmet and shield with inscription-filled cartouches, the shield with roundels containing hares and paired birds, with quilted red cotton lining and old collection label numbered '184', the helmet with camail with steel and brass rings forming a repeat design of diamond motifs, with associated armour panel (char-aina) with similar decoration, mounted
the shield 45 cm. diam.(4)

Footnotes

Provenance
Private UK collection.

Inscriptions: Persian verses describing a battle.

Additional information