A Qajar gold-damascened steel helmet and shield Persia, 19th Century(2)
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A Qajar gold-damascened steel helmet and shield
Persia, 19th Century
both engraved and decorated in gold overlay with inscription-filled cartouches, with openwork decoration interspersed by panels with foliate designs, traces of red foil behind the openwork, the helmet of domed form surmounted by a spike finial, with adjustable noseguard terminating in a palmette to each end, flanked by plume holders, with camail comprising steel and brass rings with geometric designs; the shield of convex form with four applied steel bosses, lined with fabric, old collection label to reverse inscribed '6075' and possibly 'Teyf', with four suspension loops
20.5 cm. diameter(2)
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Provenance
San Rafael Auction Gallery, Fine Art Furniture & Chinese Antiques Auction, 22 October 2016, lot 0069.
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.
Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 919, cat. no. 806.
Inscriptions: inscribed with Persian verses on the subject of the helmet and shield respectively.
The decoration and openwork featured on the present lot is of particularly fine quality. For a shield that incorporates similar openwork backed in red foil, see Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 288, Cat. No. 700. For similar pieces inscribed with some of the same verses, see Kjeld von Folsach et al (eds), Fighting, Hunting, Impressing: Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500-1850, Copenhagen, 2021, cat. no. 65, and numerous helmets in the Wallace Collection, including OA1571, OA1798.
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Persia, 19th Century
both engraved and decorated in gold overlay with inscription-filled cartouches, with openwork decoration interspersed by panels with foliate designs, traces of red foil behind the openwork, the helmet of domed form surmounted by a spike finial, with adjustable noseguard terminating in a palmette to each end, flanked by plume holders, with camail comprising steel and brass rings with geometric designs; the shield of convex form with four applied steel bosses, lined with fabric, old collection label to reverse inscribed '6075' and possibly 'Teyf', with four suspension loops
20.5 cm. diameter(2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
San Rafael Auction Gallery, Fine Art Furniture & Chinese Antiques Auction, 22 October 2016, lot 0069.
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.
Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 919, cat. no. 806.
Inscriptions: inscribed with Persian verses on the subject of the helmet and shield respectively.
The decoration and openwork featured on the present lot is of particularly fine quality. For a shield that incorporates similar openwork backed in red foil, see Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 288, Cat. No. 700. For similar pieces inscribed with some of the same verses, see Kjeld von Folsach et al (eds), Fighting, Hunting, Impressing: Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500-1850, Copenhagen, 2021, cat. no. 65, and numerous helmets in the Wallace Collection, including OA1571, OA1798.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R
* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.
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A Qajar gold-damascened steel helmet and shield Persia, 19th Century(2)
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