A Rare Pair Of Qajar Gold-damascened Steel And Mail Trousers Persia, 19th Century - May 21, 2024 | Bonhams In England
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A rare pair of Qajar gold-damascened steel and mail trousers Persia, 19th Century
A rare pair of Qajar gold-damascened steel and mail trousers Persia, 19th Century
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A rare pair of Qajar gold-damascened steel and mail trousers
Persia, 19th Century
comprising multiple shaped plaques, including circular, hemispherical, triangular and rectangular, the domed knee guards with spikes, all linked by rivets, engraved and decorated in gold overlay with cartouches containing animals on a foliate ground, inscription-filled cartouches, foliate scrollwork and vegetal motifs, secured to a pair of leather trousers
98 cm. long
Footnotes:
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.

Published
Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 306, cat. 740.
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 932-933, cat. no. 819.

Inscriptions: Persian verses.

The present lot is a rare example of Qajar leg armour. The intricate decoration featured on the piece comprises Safavid-style imagery based on nature and natural forms. The reference to earlier decoration is made particularly clear when comparing the present lot to a 16th/ 17th Century pair of trousers in the National Museum of Scotland (A.1890.268), which also feature depictions of various animals alongside foliate designs. A similar Qajar example is in the Royal Ontario Museum (906.11.22.A). For a comparable pair of mail trousers sold in these rooms, see The Jacques Desenfans Collection, 10 April 2008, lot 189.
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A rare pair of Qajar gold-damascened steel and mail trousers Persia, 19th Century

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