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A PERSIAN DECORATED ARMOUR, QAJAR, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A PERSIAN DECORATED ARMOUR, QAJAR, MID-19TH CENTURY comprising helmet (kulah-khud), shield (dhal) and arm defence (bazu-band), each decorated over the greater part of its outer surface with a densely engraved pattern of scrolling flowers and foliage enclosing cartouche-shaped panels filled with engraved silver-encrusted flowers and foliage within gold frames, the perimeter of the dhal and the base of the kulah khud incorporating calligraphic cartouches, the kulah khud fitted with characteristic central spike, plume-holders, nasal bar, and mail neck defence, and the dhal with four bosses corresponding to enarmes 30.5 cm; 12 in high, the kulah khud 45.0 cm; 17 Ā¾ in diameter, the dhal 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in the bazu band (3)
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A PERSIAN DECORATED ARMOUR, QAJAR, MID-19TH CENTURY comprising helmet (kulah-khud), shield (dhal) and arm defence (bazu-band), each decorated over the greater part of its outer surface with a densely engraved pattern of scrolling flowers and foliage enclosing cartouche-shaped panels filled with engraved silver-encrusted flowers and foliage within gold frames, the perimeter of the dhal and the base of the kulah khud incorporating calligraphic cartouches, the kulah khud fitted with characteristic central spike, plume-holders, nasal bar, and mail neck defence, and the dhal with four bosses corresponding to enarmes 30.5 cm; 12 in high, the kulah khud 45.0 cm; 17 Ā¾ in diameter, the dhal 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in the bazu band (3)
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W14 0PD
United Kingdom
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