Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

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A fine Qajar silver and gold-overlaid steel helmet and matching shield Persia, second half 19th century

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

each densely chiselled with a naturalistic scrolling floral ground, bearing medallions with single flowering plants overlaid with silver, decorative elements outlined with overlaid gold, the helmet further decorated with small birds and the shield with quadrupeds within cartouches, borders on both comprising Persian verses from Firdausi's Shahnameh, the helmet with original butted mail, the underside lined with red textile, the shield with four applied bosses, the reverse with four suspension loops

helmet (excluding mail) 28cm. length

shield 39.4cm. diam.

For a set of nineteenth century Qajar armour with comparable decoration formerly in the collection of Philippe Missillier which sold recently in these Rooms, see Sotheby's London, 29 October 2025, lot 188. For a gold-overlaid set of Qajar armour in the present sale, see the following lot, no.156.

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