4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A NORTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN
of shallow concave form curved outwards at the brim and reinforced with a cusped border, decorated over its surface with four embossed oval panels involving differing scenes of hunters and animals in combat, the remaining surface decorated with elaborate designs of flowers and foliage in high relief on a punched ground, and fitted with four lion mask bosses corresponding to rings for enarmes, 43.8 cm diameter
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B01
Sold for £550
of shallow concave form curved outwards at the brim and reinforced with a cusped border, decorated over its surface with four embossed oval panels involving differing scenes of hunters and animals in combat, the remaining surface decorated with elaborate designs of flowers and foliage in high relief on a punched ground, and fitted with four lion mask bosses corresponding to rings for enarmes, 43.8 cm diameter
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B01
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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