Lot 853 A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL SHIELD, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006963

The shield with four applied bosses, the finely carved decoration with a central roundel with cartouches and roundels filled with floral leafy sprays, surrounded by a large diaper band containing cartouches enclosing Persian inscriptions in large nastaliq script, with traces of gilding and sivler inalys.