the steel helmet of domed form with fluted chevrons cut in relief, chiselled foliate details at bases, fitted with movable nasal guard flanked by two plume holders, spike finial, the aventail (camail) composed of riveted iron links, on customised stand

In fairly good condition, the surface rubbed and scattered darker marks due to oxidisation, few light hairline cracks in surface, the interior revealing abrasion and ware due to oxidisation as consistent with age and use, the iron chainmail also discolored, as viewed.
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This helmet's distinctive chevron design is related to a group of fluted helmets belonging to the Aqqoyunlu/Shirvani tribes, dating to the fourteenth/sixteenth centuries. This feature continued to be used into the Safavid period as attested by a similar helmet in the Furusiyya collection, dated 1677 (Mohamed 2007, p.334, no.321, inv. no. R-830). Further examples include a shield in the Kremlin Armoury, Moscow (inv. no. OR-176), a war mask in the Furusiyya collection (Mohamed 2007, pp.336-7, no.323, inv. no. R-747), a breastplate in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul (Stocklein 1964-5, pl.1406C), and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Alexander 2015, no.14, inv. no. 36.25.18a-d).