Lot 275
- 275
A set of steel body armour plates with koftgari inscriptions, India, 18th-19th century
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- steel
the four plates each of rectangular form, decorated with a central koftgari calligraphic cartouche with palmette pendants, enclosed by koftgari inscriptions and chiselled with palmette borders, buckles with palmette terminals, koftgari work possibly nineteenth century
Catalogue Note
inscriptions
In one of the small plates, in the centre: Qur'an, chapter XI (hud), parts of verse 56.
In the borders: Prayers
In the other small plate, in the centre: Qur'an, chapter XL (ghafir), parts of verse 44.
In the borders: Prayers
In one of the larger one, in the centre, Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-saff), parts of verse 13.
In the borders: Qur'an, chapter LXVIII (al-fath), verses 1-4.
In the other larger piece, in the centre: Qur'an, chapter XI (hud), parts of verse 88 chapter III (Al 'umran), parts of verse 126 (or chapter VIII (al-anfal), parts of verse 10).
In the borders Qur'an, chapter II (al-baqara), verse 255