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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A GOLD-OVERLAID WATERED STEEL SUIT OF ARMOUR
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
细节
A GOLD-OVERLAID WATERED STEEL SUIT OF ARMOUR
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Comprising a helmet, a four-plate body armour and two arm guards, each component of watered steel, the borders gold-overlaid in vegetal patterns, the helmet and body armour plates lined with red velvet and metal-thread, the vambraces lined with quilted floral print beige cotton and metal-thread
The breastplate 12in. (30.5cm.) high; the vambraces 13in. (33cm.) long; the helmet 18 ½in. (47.5cm.) with camail
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Comprising a helmet, a four-plate body armour and two arm guards, each component of watered steel, the borders gold-overlaid in vegetal patterns, the helmet and body armour plates lined with red velvet and metal-thread, the vambraces lined with quilted floral print beige cotton and metal-thread
The breastplate 12in. (30.5cm.) high; the vambraces 13in. (33cm.) long; the helmet 18 ½in. (47.5cm.) with camail
来源
European private collection before 2008
荣誉呈献
Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer