Sale 5101
London, South Kensington
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9 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,375
Estimate
AN INCOMPLETE SUIT OF CEREMONIAL ARMOUR, 19TH CENTURY including a jacket and matching apron skirts of blue velvet and gilt, studded with metal bosses, embroidered with dragon roundels, with shoulder pieces, two bosses, and five other panels
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