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Body Armour

1800-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Body armour composed of plate defences for the upper torso (chahar aina), helmet (kulah khud) and a pair of vambraces (bazuband)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Breastplate
  • Helmet
  • Vambrace
  • Bazuband
  • Vambrace
  • Bazuband
  • Backplate (Body Armour)
Materials and techniques
Watered steel, chiselled and overlaid with gold
Brief description
Body armour composed of back and breast plate, helmet and pair of vambraces, Iran, early 19th century.
Physical description
Body armour composed of plate defences for the upper torso (chahar aina), helmet (kulah khud) and a pair of vambraces (bazuband)
Dimensions
  • Steel plate and mail height: 38cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Production
Indo-Persian
Bibliographic reference
Curtis, John; Sarikhani Sandmann, Ina; Stanley, Tim, Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture, London: V&A Publishing, 2021. 336p., ill. ISBN 978-1851779291. Page 193, cat. 148.
Collection
Accession number
635 to C-1876

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2002
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