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A GERMAN BREAST-PLATE
Circa 1560-70
With low medial ridge, recessed arm-openings with gussets moving on sliding rivets, cabled flanged inward turns at the neck and arms, skirt of two articulated lames with bevelled subsidiary edges matching the arm-openings, and with later the etched and gilt figure of Christ Crucified on a cross flory.
18¾in (47.7cm)
Circa 1560-70
With low medial ridge, recessed arm-openings with gussets moving on sliding rivets, cabled flanged inward turns at the neck and arms, skirt of two articulated lames with bevelled subsidiary edges matching the arm-openings, and with later the etched and gilt figure of Christ Crucified on a cross flory.
18¾
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