Sipar (shield)
Culture
Persian
Date1800s
Mediumsteel, silver, brass, traces of gilding
Dimensions46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.), 6 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1019
DescriptionSteel. Circular, rising into a low dome at center having 4 bossets with lobed flanges. Center is chiseled & engraved (perhaps with some etching) with 8-sided medallion from which radiate palmettes & double palmettes. These have silver inlaid floral designs. Background chiseled & engraved with floral design of poppies(?). Outer registers with centrally organized petal design, scrolls & major register alternately with roundels & cartouches containing Persian inscriptions. There is considerable lost silver false-damascening all over the surface. Applied raised circular brass rim. Reverse with pierced "U" shaped loop at each bosset for attaching straps.ProvenanceMacIntosh collection (#264) purchased by Museum in December 1970. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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