LOT 98 A fine Mughal or Deccani gold koftgari steel helmet India, late 17th/ early 18th Century
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19.3 cm. diam.
A fine Mughal or Deccani gold koftgari steel helmet India, late 17th/ early 18th Century
of domed form, engraved with a series of concentric undulating bands, the applied finial decorated in openwork with a band of palmettes to the edge, decorated in gold koftgari with bands of inscription-filled cartouches around the finial and rim, plume and noseguard fittings similarly decorated, mail neckguard 19.3 cm. diam.
|ProvenanceJacques Desenfans (1920-1999), acquired in 1974.Bonhams, The Jacques Desenfans Collection, London, 10 April 2008, lot 164.Inscriptions: Qur'ran, sura al-Baqara (II), verse 255, invocations to God, Qur'an, sura al-Saff (LXI), parts of verse 13 and the phrase: 'There is no youth as brave as 'Ali, no sword as sharp as dhu'l-faqar'.
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