A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET ( KULA-KHUD ) AND VAMBRACE ( BAZUBAND )
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET ( KULA-KHUD ) AND VAMBRACE ( BAZUBAND ) IRAN, 19TH CENTURY Each of typical form, the helmet's decoration laid out in pointed niches depicting hunting and falconry scenes on floriated ground, with mounted knights handling spears and shamshirs and felines pouncing on their preys, the borders with elongated calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script on scrolling ground interspersed with medallions , the sliding nose-guard with scrolling tendrils, with chain-mail, the pike lacking; the bazuband engraved and gold-damascened with a large figure of a fish, each scale embellished with a floral roundel , the borders with stylised floral garland within cartouches The helmet 6.1/4in. (16cm.) high, the vambrace 11.3/4in. (30cm.) long
A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET ( KULA-KHUD ) AND VAMBRACE ( BAZUBAND )
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET ( KULA-KHUD ) AND VAMBRACE ( BAZUBAND ) IRAN, 19TH CENTURY Each of typical form, the helmet's decoration laid out in pointed niches depicting hunting and falconry scenes on floriated ground, with mounted knights handling spears and shamshirs and felines pouncing on their preys, the borders with elongated calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script on scrolling ground interspersed with medallions , the sliding nose-guard with scrolling tendrils, with chain-mail, the pike lacking; the bazuband engraved and gold-damascened with a large figure of a fish, each scale embellished with a floral roundel , the borders with stylised floral garland within cartouches The helmet 6.1/4in. (16cm.) high, the vambrace 11.3/4in. (30cm.) long
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