Khud kulah helmet and bazuband arm protector, - Lot 106

Khud kulah helmet and bazuband arm protector, Iran Qâjâr, 19th century Helmet with a hemispherical stamp surmounted by a four-sided point, the front riveted riveted with two eaglet holders on either side of a mobile nasal, the base underlined by a camail of fine mesh, some gilded. Steel, with cast, engraved and partially gold-damascened decoration of riders and hunters and hunters on horseback in poly-lobed mandorls, as well as hares and birds and birds in floral medallions, on a background of floral stems, the base marked with a frieze of cartouches and calligraphic roundels in nasta'liq. The matching bazuband, its mandorles each adorned with a hunter on horseback, one armed with a club, a second with a spear, a third with a bow. Helmet dimensions: Height: 28 cm; Height with camail: 60 cm; Diameter: 20 cm Arm protection dimensions: Length: 31 cm; Width: 10 cm Slightly worn gilding, a few loose or missing links on helmet, side plates and lanyards. helmet, missing side plates and straps on the bazuband. Provenance: - Acquired from Robert Hales, London in 2015. - Collection of a couple of enthusiasts