24th Jun, 2026 11:00

Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026

 
Lot 3
 

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A CHINESE CUIRASS, SOUTHWEST CHINA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, YI OR NUOSUO (LOLO) PEOPLE

of yellow cattle hide, the chest-panels painted black and decorated with borders of red paint lined with rows of arrows and circles in yellow, the interior panel filled with dotted flower-heads and other painted designs, the decoration repeated on the cuirass’ back, the remaining four panels decorated with painted borders of four-petalled flower-heads and further rows of circles, those under the chest- and back-panels fixed with small roundels of leather tied with a band allowing the cuirass to be carried on the shoulder, leather straps secure the sections together and reappear including at the skirt which comprises six rows of closely interconnected lamellae each flaring slightly at the lower edge and lacquered with red and black, 50.0 cm high

Sold for £1,300


 

of yellow cattle hide, the chest-panels painted black and decorated with borders of red paint lined with rows of arrows and circles in yellow, the interior panel filled with dotted flower-heads and other painted designs, the decoration repeated on the cuirass’ back, the remaining four panels decorated with painted borders of four-petalled flower-heads and further rows of circles, those under the chest- and back-panels fixed with small roundels of leather tied with a band allowing the cuirass to be carried on the shoulder, leather straps secure the sections together and reappear including at the skirt which comprises six rows of closely interconnected lamellae each flaring slightly at the lower edge and lacquered with red and black, 50.0 cm high

Auction: Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026, 24th Jun, 2026

 

Including:

An important English Private Collection

Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from Plas Newydd, Anglesey

The Robert E Brooker Jr. Collection of Rare Antique Arms and Armour, Part V

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Sunday 21st June: 12pm - 4pm
Monday 22nd June: 10am - 8pm (Drinks 6-8pm)
Tuesday 23rd June: 10am - 5pm

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