420

A PERSIAN SUIT OF ARMOR

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD
A PERSIAN SUIT OF ARMOR
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
Comprised of an embellished helmet, shield, armguard and battleaxe, etched with scenes from Persian history and inlaid with gold and silver, and a coat of mail. The helmet of characteristic hemispherical form with elongated top spike, adjustable nasal bar and plume tubes, embellished with chiseled intertwining cartouches depicting Persian nobles and heroes at court, with broad borders containing Arabic inscriptions heightened with silver. The circular shield forged from steel with applied brass rim, elaborately etched overall with finely-detailed nobles hunting a variety of beasts and birds with inlay, encircled by cartouches containing Arabic calligraphy retaining traces of silver, and scalloped bosses. The bazuband raised from a single plate and etched overall with scenes of heroes and nobles in battle. The mail coat wrought of butted steel rings. Mid-19th century.Worn overall, camail lacking.Length of mail coat 76.5 cm. Mannequin not included.
Condition III