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A RARE BHUTANESE HELMET

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
A RARE BHUTANESE HELMET
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...
Covered in damasked silk, concealing a cap of lamellar armor made up of tiny steel plates laced tightly together, and enclosed in the heavily-padded lining. Retains its broad ring of woven fabric encircling the bowl , together with its rawhide chinstraps and tassel to reverse. Deacquisitioned from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mid 19th century. Very light wear. Overall length 30 cm.
Condition II