A SET OF STEEL BODY ARMOUR PLATES WITH KOFTGARI INSCRIPTIONS, INDIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

A SET OF STEEL BODY ARMOUR PLATES WITH KOFTGARI INSCRIPTIONS, INDIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY the four plates each of rectangular form, decorated with a central koftgari calligraphic cartouche with palmette pendants, enclosed by koftgari inscriptions and chiselled with palmette borders, buckles with palmette terminals, koftgari work possibly nineteenth century Quantity: 4 31 by 24cm; 30.5 by 23.5cm; 26.4 by 20.5cm; 26.2 by 20.8cm.