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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
TWO ALBUMS OF PAINTINGS OF ARMS
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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TWO ALBUMS OF PAINTINGS OF ARMS
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising two albums and four loose folios, the first album containing twelve watercolour paintings of arms with brief explanatory notes in Urdu, the second containing seventeen watercolour paintings of arms with brief explanatory notes in Urdu and typed translations in English, each painting of one or more arms surrounded by a floral border, in brown moulded and gilt leather binding, the loose folios corresponding to omissions in the bound albums
Each painting 14 ¼ by 8 ¼in. (36 by 21cm.)
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising two albums and four loose folios, the first album containing twelve watercolour paintings of arms with brief explanatory notes in Urdu, the second containing seventeen watercolour paintings of arms with brief explanatory notes in Urdu and typed translations in English, each painting of one or more arms surrounded by a floral border, in brown moulded and gilt leather binding, the loose folios corresponding to omissions in the bound albums
Each painting 14 ¼ by 8 ¼in. (36 by 21cm.)
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p. 46, no. 255 (selection shown)
Exhibited
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
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