TWO OTTOMAN STEEL ARMOUR PECTORAL DISCS

TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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TWO OTTOMAN STEEL ARMOUR PECTORAL DISCS
TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Each of similar size and circular form, the central slightly raised boss surrounded by radiating flutes, one with arsenal mark of St Irene to the lower side, together with three and five associated smaller shaped plates linked by chain mail
The largest central panel 11in. (28cm.) diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

A similar circular pectoral plate is documented and published in Alexander D. The Arts of War, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, p. 86, ill. 38, the Nour Foundation, Oxford University Press, New York 1992.

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