A GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) SHIELD (KALKAN)

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£ 94 500
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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 828787
Lot 145 | A GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) SHIELD (KALKAN)
A GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) SHIELD (KALKAN)

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.





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By repute, taken at the second Siege of Vienna (1683)

Pidhirsti Castle, Poland, by repute

London market by 2012
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