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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
TWO FINE CAVALRYMAN’S LEG GUARDS
QARA QOYUNLU OR AQ QOYUNLU ANATOLIA OR NORTH-WEST IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
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TWO FINE CAVALRYMAN’S LEG GUARDS
QARA QOYUNLU OR AQ QOYUNLU ANATOLIA OR NORTH-WEST IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
One: the primary plate with chevron fluting on the lower half and gently rounded fluting on the upper half, with shallow carving of fine scrolling vine motifs in alternating flutes, the division containing further scrolling vine motifs, the top with partially cut-off inscription against a scrolling vine ground and carved St Irene armoury mark, one side plate flat with en-suite decorative carving, the other flat and unadorned, the latter possibly a later replacement, with riveted mail including numerous butted replacement rings, with partially surviving leather straps; Two: the primary plate with chevron fluting on the lower half and gently rounded fluting on the upper half, the top with with carved St Irene armoury mark within a roundel, a further St Irene armoury mark below, both side plates en-suite, one split halfway, with solid and riveted mail, with partially surviving leather straps
14 5/8in. and 14 1/8in. (37cm. and 36cm.) long
QARA QOYUNLU OR AQ QOYUNLU ANATOLIA OR NORTH-WEST IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
One: the primary plate with chevron fluting on the lower half and gently rounded fluting on the upper half, with shallow carving of fine scrolling vine motifs in alternating flutes, the division containing further scrolling vine motifs, the top with partially cut-off inscription against a scrolling vine ground and carved St Irene armoury mark, one side plate flat with en-suite decorative carving, the other flat and unadorned, the latter possibly a later replacement, with riveted mail including numerous butted replacement rings, with partially surviving leather straps; Two: the primary plate with chevron fluting on the lower half and gently rounded fluting on the upper half, the top with with carved St Irene armoury mark within a roundel, a further St Irene armoury mark below, both side plates en-suite, one split halfway, with solid and riveted mail, with partially surviving leather straps
14 5/8in. and 14 1/8in. (37cm. and 36cm.) long
Provenance
By repute, a noble Venetian family, by 1991 [according to Riyadh publication, p. 17]
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, pp. 16-17, nos.41-42
Exhibited
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
Engraved
One, partial at top, al-‘izz al-da’im ‘Perpetual Glory’
Two, central, ‘Hasan Jalayir’
Two, central, ‘Hasan Jalayir’
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