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An Indian Mail And Plate Shirt
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An Indian Mail And Plate Shirt 17th Century, Probably Deccani Waist length and comprising alternating rows of riveted and solid iron rings of varying degrees of thickness, short sleeves, open up the front and with three rows of rectangular lamellar plates at the back, the central ones each with cusped lower edge, the front with four curved rectangular plates flanked by narrower plates under the arms, each of the larger plates carrying two transverse riveted bars each with flower-shaped terminal and lacing loop (old rust patination and minor internal repairs) 70 cm. long Footnotes: Almost certainly one of a large group of similar shirts, of varying quality, that were captured by Anup Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner, in Rajasthan when, as General of the army of the Emperor Aurangzeb, he defeated the last defender of the Adil-Shah dynasty at Bijapur at the Siege of the Adoni Fortress in 1689 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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An Indian Mail And Plate Shirt 17th Century, Probably Deccani Waist length and comprising alternating rows of riveted and solid iron rings of varying degrees of thickness, short sleeves, open up the front and with three rows of rectangular lamellar plates at the back, the central ones each with cusped lower edge, the front with four curved rectangular plates flanked by narrower plates under the arms, each of the larger plates carrying two transverse riveted bars each with flower-shaped terminal and lacing loop (old rust patination and minor internal repairs) 70 cm. long Footnotes: Almost certainly one of a large group of similar shirts, of varying quality, that were captured by Anup Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner, in Rajasthan when, as General of the army of the Emperor Aurangzeb, he defeated the last defender of the Adil-Shah dynasty at Bijapur at the Siege of the Adoni Fortress in 1689 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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