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A HELMET OF THE SULTAN OF SULAWESI’S BODYGUARD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:800.00 - 900.00 USD
A HELMET OF THE SULTAN OF SULAWESI’S BODYGUARD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
An extremely rare brass helmet in the form of a European morion, which was introduced by the Portuguese in 1525. Worn by the Bodyguard of the Sultans of Sulawesi. The skull formed in two halves connected with tiny rivets and finely embossed with tapering panels which converge at the peak. The gracefully-curved brim of characteristic form with cusped termini, studded with large bosses and separately applied roped border, triple plumeholder affixed to the obverse retaining its plumes. Deeply patinated overall. 17th century or later. Minor dents and loss to finial, some rivets lacking. For another of the same group see, A. Van Zonneveld, Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago (21001: Leiden. Zwartenkot.) p.51. Height 23.3 cm.
Condition II