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Shield with Floral Design

17th century

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Shield with Floral Design

17th century

Physical Qualities Lacquer with pigments and gold on metal, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) Diam.
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.63
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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