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A RARE PAIR OF MUGHAL BAJUBAND ARMGUARDS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD
A RARE PAIR OF MUGHAL BAJUBAND ARMGUARDS
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...
Wrought entirely of steel with raised oval panels at the wrist, and lavishly inlaid overall with floral sprays in silver, including the applied, profiled borders. The hinged wristplates with pin closures intact and decorated en suite, and retaining their butted mail gauntlets. Beginning of the 19th century. Very light wear, minor losses to rings. Overall length 53 cm.
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