Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A FINE INDIAN CHA’AINA, LAHORE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
comprising four plates, the breast and backplate each fitted
with six pierced shaped buckles decorated with gold
koftgari, the side-guards each shaped for the arms and
fitted with four matching buckles, decorated throughout
with a large central panel finely chiselled with scrolling
foliage centring on a shaped cartouche filled with an
expanded flowerhead, the borders filled with a running
pattern of gold koftgari scrolling foliage framed by panels
of stars, the borders with plain gilded turns, and each with
its original silk-covered padded lining the main plates (the
lining with areas of wear)
the breastplate: 29.2cm; 11I in high
(4)
Inv. nos. A078 & A080.
A similar Cha’Aina, complete with Dastana and Top is
illustrated in P. Missillier & H. Ricketts 1988, p.110, no.185.
£1200-1500
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AN INDIAN CHA’AINA, 18TH CENTURY
comprising four plates each fitted with four pierced shaped
buckles decorated with gold koftgari (four buckles missing),
the breastplate and side plates each shaped for the arms,
the borders decorated with fine koftgari cartouches filled
with fine scrollwork (small areas of wear), and the borders
studded with early copper rivets for attaching a lining
the breastplate: 33cm; 13in high
(4)
Inv. nos. A079 & A081.
£400-600