LOT 97 (2) Two Qajar steel helmets (khula-khuds) Persia, 19th Century
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Two Qajar steel helmets (khula-khuds) Persia, 19th Century
each of domed form surmounted by spikes with adjustable noseguards flanked by plume holders, with mail nackguards, the first engraved and decorated in gold inlay with hunting scenes and cartouches containing pseudo-inscriptions; the second engraved and decorated in silver inlay with seated princes and other figures, and cartouches containing pseudo-inscriptions the larger 20 cm. diam.(2)
|ProvenanceH.E. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai.Jacques Desenfans (1920-1999), acquired in the 1960s.Bonhams, The Jacques Desenfans Collection, London, 10 April 2008, lot 171.Hossein Ghods-Nakhai was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran from 1961-1962, and was also Iran's Ambassador to the Holy See from 1966-1970 and an honorary president of the Iran Society from 1958-1961. He is the author of The Rubiyat of Ghods.
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