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FROM A QAJAR PRINCELY COLLECTION
A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET, BAZUBAND AND SHIELD
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET, BAZUBAND AND SHIELD
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
The helmet gold-damascened with large lobed medallions containing elegant floral sprays on an engraved floral ground, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script ; the bazuband with repeating gold damascened interlocked floral motifs, a crescent moon above and below ; the shield with a radiating motif with floral medallions and applied bosses, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script, two registers of foliate tendrils and continuous floral garland patterns above and below, backed
The shield 18 ¼in. (46.5cm.) diam.
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
The helmet gold-damascened with large lobed medallions containing elegant floral sprays on an engraved floral ground, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script ; the bazuband with repeating gold damascened interlocked floral motifs, a crescent moon above and below ; the shield with a radiating motif with floral medallions and applied bosses, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script, two registers of foliate tendrils and continuous floral garland patterns above and below, backed
The shield 18 ¼in. (46.5cm.) diam.
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