Splendour: The Philippe Missillier Collection of Islamic & Indian Arms and Armour

Splendour: The Philippe Missillier Collection of Islamic & Indian Arms and Armour

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A Steel Arm Guard, North India, 18th or 19th Century

Auction Closed

April 29, 12:32 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of characteristic form with hinged wrist-guard, the watered steel extensively overlaid with arabesques across field and finely carved gold floral designs along borders

33cm.

Philippe Missillier Collection no.70C

Further arm guards from India are in the Wallace Collection, including examples with chiselled steel (inv. nos.OA 1479, OA 1521 and OA 1847 & 1848), and with gold overlay (koftgari) decoration (OA 1865).

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