AN INDIAN LACQUERED HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY of low convex form, the inside painted red and decorated with a gilt border, fitted with two pairs of iron rings for enarmes, the outer surface painted in polychrome with a central rondel filled with flowers and foliage within a gilt border, a broad band of green scrollwork, and the perimeter en suite with the centre (small losses), fitted with four corresponding brass bosses 63.0 cm; 24 3/4 in diameter