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NORTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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TWO SMALL CIRCULAR SHIELDS
NORTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a carved steel shield with lively hunting scenes, with four applied bosses engraved with further hunting scenes, the reverse with velvet padding; and a koftgari gold-damascened shield decorated with Persian couplets in nasta'liq script over dense floral ground, the reverse with worn Mughal silk padding
10 1/8in. (25.5cm.) and 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam. (2)
NORTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a carved steel shield with lively hunting scenes, with four applied bosses engraved with further hunting scenes, the reverse with velvet padding; and a koftgari gold-damascened shield decorated with Persian couplets in nasta'liq script over dense floral ground, the reverse with worn Mughal silk padding
10 1/8in. (25.5cm.) and 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam. (2)
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