Ⓐ A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH CENTURY

Ⓐ A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 17TH CENTURY

formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate rising to a pointed finial, chiselled with three elaborate symmetrical panels of foliage joined by a slender rib, all framed by a cusped border, reinforced border chiselled with foliage, inner plate chiselled with a pair of panels en suite, each plate incorporating a raised band formed as a serpent front and back, and pierced beneath for a mail hand-defence (patinated, areas of pitting)

31.3 cm; 12 3/8 in

Property from the Anthony Dove Collection (1938-2021)

Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey