Lot 30
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A RARE EARLY HELMET
A RARE EARLY HELMET
A RARE EARLY HELMET
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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A RARE EARLY HELMET

PROBABLY NEAR EAST, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

Details
A RARE EARLY HELMET
PROBABLY NEAR EAST, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Of conical form with hole at the top and neck guard now riveted to the rim, excavated condition, later inscription of ‘1736’ in yellow on the inside, with sticker inscribed ‘4004’
8 ¼in. (21cm.) tall from rim
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, pp. 10-11, no.7
Exhibited
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991

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Lot Essay

This helmet is a rare surviving example of an early form. It is difficult to date it accurately due to a lack of existing comparative material. The most similar in shape is a helmet in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, although there are four others in the Museums in Russia. These five are all thought to date to the 12th/13th centuries.

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