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Shield

1600

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Shield

1600

Physical Qualities Lacquer with pigments and gold on leather, metal, 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.66
4 metal bosses, and one 'c-shaped' piece. Deteriorated surface.
BMA by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, NY; Lockwood DeForest purchased in India, probably 1892-93
Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 258.

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