AN INDIAN SMALL LACQUERED HIDE SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY of low convex form, the inside painted red and decorated with gilt flowers within 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 foliage, and the perimeter en suite with the centre, fitted with four corresponding brass bosses 32.3 cm; 12 3/4 in diameter