25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN INDO-PERSIAN CIRCULAR SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY
of steel and of convex form, the outer surface embossed with a gold-damascened sun-in-splendour centred on domed bosses each chased with flower-heads, all against a ground of chiselled flowering foliage, the rim with applied copper alloy border and chiselled with circular and ovoidal panels of Persian verses between borders of running arabesques and foliage, the verses retaining some silver-damascening, the interior lined in fabric (worn and damaged, pad and enarmes missing), 53.0 cm diameter
A related shield was sold in this room, Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th December 2024, lot 110.
Sold for £450
of steel and of convex form, the outer surface embossed with a gold-damascened sun-in-splendour centred on domed bosses each chased with flower-heads, all against a ground of chiselled flowering foliage, the rim with applied copper alloy border and chiselled with circular and ovoidal panels of Persian verses between borders of running arabesques and foliage, the verses retaining some silver-damascening, the interior lined in fabric (worn and damaged, pad and enarmes missing), 53.0 cm diameter
A related shield was sold in this room, Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th December 2024, lot 110.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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