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A SIKH GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL QUOIT (CHAKRAM)
Lot 113

A SIKH GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL QUOIT (CHAKRAM)

PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Closed25 May 2017

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A SIKH GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL QUOIT (CHAKRAM)
PUNJAB, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form with sharp outer edge, the steel blade with gold koftgari decoration to both sides and inner edge comprising repetitive floral motifs within linked cusped cartouches, with narrow geometric borders
12in. (30.5 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

A throwing quoit (chakram) is in the Royal Armouries in Leeds and is illustrated in Thom Richardson, and Natasha Bennett, Indian Arms and Armours, Leeds, 2015, cat. XXVIM. 52, p.54.