Gold-Damascened Armour plate

Dimensions
14,5 x 20 cm

Location
Persia

Materials
steel, iron, gold

Dating
late 17th to early 18th century

From the Zand / Safavid Period. One side plate of a char-aina (four mirrors) composed of five sheets of steel with thin applied borders and strap hooks. The centers' surface is decorated with finely scrolling tendrils bordered with rectangular cartouches containing remains of nastaliq inscriptions. Four leaf shaped cartouches in the corners. Wear to the gold and inscriptions with eighty percent unaffected. Uk provenance. 240 grams.

An example with similar flower motives, Christies, South Kensington, 7 October 2013. From the Saeed Motamed Collection 

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