Orient, from Persia to India: An old, small round shield made of leather, reinforced with iron and decorated with brass.
Orient, from Persia to India: An old, small round shield made of leather, reinforced with iron and decorated with brass.
A very old, oriental round shield made of thick leather (buffalo?), originally used in close combat. With a central shield boss of iron, engraved with geometric linear motifs. The central shield boss is surrounded by six small decorative iron bosses (one missing). The shield is reinforced with a wide iron border on the outside (W: c. 3 cm). Four rectangular brass plates are attached to the iron border as decoration. Both the iron rim and the brass décor are hallmarked with lines, circles and circle-dot motifs. The back features an equally old leather grip with a leather hand guard. An unusually old object. Only minor damage.
18th/19th century or earlier. DM: 22 cm. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
26.05.2015 - 15:00
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EUR 500.- to EUR 800.-
Orient, from Persia to India: An old, small round shield made of leather, reinforced with iron and decorated with brass.
A very old, oriental round shield made of thick leather (buffalo?), originally used in close combat. With a central shield boss of iron, engraved with geometric linear motifs. The central shield boss is surrounded by six small decorative iron bosses (one missing). The shield is reinforced with a wide iron border on the outside (W: c. 3 cm). Four rectangular brass plates are attached to the iron border as decoration. Both the iron rim and the brass décor are hallmarked with lines, circles and circle-dot motifs. The back features an equally old leather grip with a leather hand guard. An unusually old object. Only minor damage.
18th/19th century or earlier. DM: 22 cm. (ME)
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.05.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.05. - 26.05.2015 |