A SUIT OF GOLD-OVERLAID (KOFTGARI) PLATE AND MAIL ARMOUR

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£ 50 000
Auction dateClassic
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 97 | A SUIT OF GOLD-OVERLAID (KOFTGARI) PLATE AND MAIL ARMOUR
A SUIT OF GOLD-OVERLAID (KOFTGARI) PLATE AND MAIL ARMOUR

LAHORE, PUNJAB, CIRCA 1800-1850

Comprising helmet (khula kud), four plates (char aina), two armguards (bazuband), mail shirt and red cotton and silk robe, the shallow domed helmet engraved and decorated with gold-overlaid floral motifs and chevrons throughout, the aventail of steel and brass butted mail links in a repeating diamond design, the char aina and bazubands similarly decorated, the bazubands with cloth and velvet mittens and one with a woven fastener, with associated mail shirt and jama (robe) with flowers against a red ground, the sword belt with metal thread floral design, the leather shoes plain

Helmet 22in. (56cm.) tall including camail; large plates 12 1/2 x 9 1/4in (32 x 23.5cm.); armguards 14in. (35.5cm.) long excluding mitten; mail shirt 34 1/4 (87cm.) long; robe 53in. (134.5cm.) long; sword belt 35 1/2in. (90cm.); shoes 12in. (30cm.) long





Literature

Anton Bartholomew, Fight - Pray - Love, Brussels, 2015



Exhibited

Fight - Pray - Love, Asian Art in Brussels, 10 June - 14 June 2015
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