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AN INDIAN DHAL SHIELD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
AN INDIAN DHAL SHIELD
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...
A large, highly embellished example. Handwrought of brass, and finely embossed and chased overall with lions and Indian god warriors all amongst foliage, surmounted by the Sun God, Surya. With applied bosses, the raised rim decorated with an acanthus leaf-border. Mid 19th century. VeryLight wear overall. Diameter 49.7 cm.
Condition II