12th Dec, 2007 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 44
 

44

**DOUBLE DAGGER

**DOUBLE DAGGER A RARE SINO-TIBETAN PAINTED LEATHER ARMOUR, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of a series of horizontally arranged lamellar plates covering the chest and back, ten further rows covering the rear and curving round to the front of the leg and extending to the knee, the plates all joined by a series of leather thongs, the entire surface painted with flowers and foliage, and the lower plates bordered with key ornament, on a plastic dummy covered with a 19th Century silk gown; and A SINO-TIBETAN LARGE WICKER SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY, of convex form, comprised of a circular arrangement of rattan-bound wicker, secured on the perimeter by four shaped slender iron brackets, and at the rear by a large circular iron boss with two iron brackets en suite (two brackets missing) (2)

Sold for £2,400


 
**DOUBLE DAGGER A RARE SINO-TIBETAN PAINTED LEATHER ARMOUR, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of a series of horizontally arranged lamellar plates covering the chest and back, ten further rows covering the rear and curving round to the front of the leg and extending to the knee, the plates all joined by a series of leather thongs, the entire surface painted with flowers and foliage, and the lower plates bordered with key ornament, on a plastic dummy covered with a 19th Century silk gown; and A SINO-TIBETAN LARGE WICKER SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY, of convex form, comprised of a circular arrangement of rattan-bound wicker, secured on the perimeter by four shaped slender iron brackets, and at the rear by a large circular iron boss with two iron brackets en suite (two brackets missing) (2)