6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A FINE SOUTH INDIAN GILT COPPER SHIELD (DHAL), PROBABLY HYDERABAD 15TH/16TH CENTURY
of low domed convex form, comprising layers of copper joined by numerous copper rivets, the outer face with a central rondel set with four bosses with large carved rock crystal flowerheads (associated, possibly 17th/18th Century) corresponding to four later rings for enarmes on the inside, embossed with five concentric circles of pointed scales with a broad cusped band at the top and a plain band at the base, and much early gilding, 51.8 cm diameter
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B06.
The scale pattern is notably unusual on Indian arms and armour. A related example in steel is preserved in the Furusiya Art Foundation Collection. See Mohamed 2007, p. 369, no. 351. A katar with similar decoration, attributed to Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and formerly in the George Cameron Stone Collection is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 36.25.1017). A gilt-copper bazu band decorated in the same manner is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai (no. 1971). See Elgood 2004, p. 61.
Sold for £6,000
of low domed convex form, comprising layers of copper joined by numerous copper rivets, the outer face with a central rondel set with four bosses with large carved rock crystal flowerheads (associated, possibly 17th/18th Century) corresponding to four later rings for enarmes on the inside, embossed with five concentric circles of pointed scales with a broad cusped band at the top and a plain band at the base, and much early gilding, 51.8 cm diameter
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B06.
The scale pattern is notably unusual on Indian arms and armour. A related example in steel is preserved in the Furusiya Art Foundation Collection. See Mohamed 2007, p. 369, no. 351. A katar with similar decoration, attributed to Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and formerly in the George Cameron Stone Collection is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 36.25.1017). A gilt-copper bazu band decorated in the same manner is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai (no. 1971). See Elgood 2004, p. 61.
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
