Live Auction 9472The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II
A GOLD-DAMASCENED BODY ARMOUR PLATE
Lot 265

A GOLD-DAMASCENED BODY ARMOUR PLATE

INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Closed7 October 2013

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GBP 2,500

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A GOLD-DAMASCENED BODY ARMOUR PLATE
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with cusped arched top, the slightly round profiled embossed to ressemble a breast, the central field decorated with a large meandering vine with birds, bordered with florals scrolls and calligraphic cartouches, a cusped medallion at top inscribed nasr min Allah wa fath qarib in thuluth script, with hanging loops and fixation bars
16½in. (41.8cm.) high

Sotheby's, 16 April 1986, lot 387

Specialist note

This armour plate closely ressembles a piece in the Furusiyya Foundation published in Bashir Mohamed, dir., L'Art des Chevaliers en Pays d'Islam, Paris, 2007, cat.298, p.310. The form and damascened decoration of the two pieces are very close, with a cusped top and a large scrolling vine with birds.