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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL SHIELD
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, the decoration consisting of a lattice of gold-damascened lobed medallions inhabited with mounted hunters shooting their bows at gazelles and hare in a forested landscape, on profuse scrolling foliated ground around a central medallion with a mounted knight wearing a helmet and holding a shamshir, with four applied bosses
18.1/4in. (46cm.) diam
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, the decoration consisting of a lattice of gold-damascened lobed medallions inhabited with mounted hunters shooting their bows at gazelles and hare in a forested landscape, on profuse scrolling foliated ground around a central medallion with a mounted knight wearing a helmet and holding a shamshir, with four applied bosses
18.1/4in. (46cm.) diam
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