ID 828787
Lot 145 | A GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) SHIELD (KALKAN)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The domed circular body with a raised central boss and with pounced decoration in three bands, the inner band with row of palmettes, the middle band alternating with arabesque medallions containing split-palmettes and stylised cypress tree motifs, the outer band with alternating rosettes, ten rivets with rosette-shaped heads fixing to iron washers with attached loops on the inside, the outer rim pierced
22 3/4in. (57cm.) diam.
Provenance
By repute, taken at the second Siege of Vienna (1683)
Pidhirsti Castle, Poland, by repute
London market by 2012
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Category: | Defensive weapons |
| Auction house category: | Armour |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Category: | Defensive weapons |
| Auction house category: | Armour |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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