4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A NORTH INDIAN LAQUERED SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS SIND
of concave form curved outwards at the brim, lacquered over its entire surface, fitted with four large chiselled and engraved silver bosses each formed as a cluster of leaves rising to a flower head, a further crescentic plaque decorated en suite, the bosses corresponding with four robust rings for enarmes, and pierced with a pair of holes for display, 66.0 cm diameter
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B03
Sold for £3,500
of concave form curved outwards at the brim, lacquered over its entire surface, fitted with four large chiselled and engraved silver bosses each formed as a cluster of leaves rising to a flower head, a further crescentic plaque decorated en suite, the bosses corresponding with four robust rings for enarmes, and pierced with a pair of holes for display, 66.0 cm diameter
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B03
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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